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Tenable Accounts API

The Tenable Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Portal API provides a secure and accessible way for MSSP administrators to manage and maintain multiple customer instances of Tenable products. Account endpoints in the Tenable MSSP Portal API enables customers to view and manage your MSSP customer accounts. For more information about the Tenable MSSP Portal, see the [Tenable MSSP Portal User Guide](https://docs.tenable.com/managed-security-service-provider/Content/Welcome.htm).

Tenable Accounts API is one of 107 APIs that Tenable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Accounts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2.

6 operations 6 paths 17 schemas 3 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cloud.tenable.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tenable Accounts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • Bearer — Example: Bearer {{token}}

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 3 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Accounts 6

The Tenable Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Portal API provides a secure and accessible way for MSSP administrators to manage and maintain multiple customer instances of…

POST
/mssp/accounts/evaldeprecated
Create evaluation account v1
io-mssp-accounts-eval body → 200400401429500
POST
/mssp/accounts/v2/eval
Create evaluation account v2
mssp-accounts-eval-v2 body → 200400401429500
POST
/mssp/accounts/quote
Create quote
mssp-accounts-quote body → 200400401429500
GET
/mssp/accounts
List child accounts
io-mssp-accounts-list 5 params → 200400401429500
GET
/mssp/accounts/{account_uuid}
Get child account details
io-mssp-accounts-details 1 param → 200401404429500
GET
/mssp/accounts/{account_uuid}/domains
List domains
io-mssp-accounts-domains-list 1 param → 200401404429500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChildAccountResponse-Object (15 properties), Request-Create-Quote (9 properties), Object-Contact (7 properties), Request-Create-Eval-Account-v2 (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Licensed-Apps-Quote-Object
object
3 properties
Response-Create-Quote
object
4 properties
ChildAccountListResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Request-Create-Quote
object
9 properties 9 required
Response-Accounts-Domains-Object
object
2 properties
Object-Distributor
object
3 properties 3 required
Object-Partner
object
3 properties 3 required
ChildAccountResponse-Object
object
15 properties 1 required
Object-Contact
object
7 properties 7 required
Response-Create-Eval-Account
object
4 properties
Request-Create-Eval-Account-v2
object
5 properties 5 required
Response-Accounts-Domains
object
1 property
Object-Requester
object
2 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Request-Create-Eval-Account-v1
object
2 properties 2 required
Licensed-Apps
array
An array of strings defining the list of licensed Tenable applications For example, ["vm", "was", "lumin"]. Valid strings include the following: ad—Tenable Ide…
ErrorResponse-400
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-accounts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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