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Tenable Asset Attributes API

The Asset Attributes API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for asset attributes.

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

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

This API exposes 9 operations across 4 paths, and defines 5 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.

9 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 3 DELETE2 GET1 POST3 PUT

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 Asset Attributes 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 9

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 3 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Asset Attributes 9
POST
/api/v3/assets/attributes
Create attribute
io-v3-asset-attributes-create body → 200400401429500
GET
/api/v3/assets/attributes
List attributes
io-v3-asset-attributes-list → 200401403429500
PUT
/api/v3/assets/attributes/{attribute_id}
Update attribute
io-v3-asset-attributes-update 1 param body → 200400401429500503504
DELETE
/api/v3/assets/attributes/{attribute_id}
Delete attribute
io-v3-asset-attributes-delete 1 param → 200400401429500503504
PUT
/api/v3/assets/{asset_id}/attributes
Assign attributes to asset
io-v3-asset-attributes-assign 1 param body → 200400401429500
GET
/api/v3/assets/{asset_id}/attributes
List attributes assigned to asset
io-v3-asset-attributes-assigned-list 1 param → 200401403429500
DELETE
/api/v3/assets/{asset_id}/attributes
Delete attributes from asset
io-v3-asset-attributes-assigned-delete 1 param → 200400401429500
PUT
/api/v3/assets/{asset_id}/attributes/{attribute_id}
Assign single attribute to asset
io-v3-asset-attributes-single-update 2 params body → 200400401429500
DELETE
/api/v3/assets/{asset_id}/attributes/{attribute_id}
Delete attribute from asset
io-v3-asset-attributes-single-delete 2 params → 200400401429500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Asset_Custom_Attributes_getCustomAttributesList (3 properties), Asset_Custom_Attributes_getAssetCustomAttributesList (3 properties), Asset_Custom_Attributes_ErrorResponse (3 properties), Asset_Custom_Attributes_updateAssetCustomAttributesList (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Asset_Custom_Attributes_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Asset_Custom_Attributes_createCustomAttributesList
object
2 properties
Asset_Custom_Attributes_getAssetCustomAttributesList
object
3 properties
Asset_Custom_Attributes_updateAssetCustomAttributesList
object
2 properties
Asset_Custom_Attributes_getCustomAttributesList
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-asset-attributes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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