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Tenable Assets API

The Assets API from Tenable — 8 operation(s) for assets.

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

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 15 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.

8 operations 8 paths 15 schemas 4 GET4 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 Assets 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 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 4 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Assets 8
GET
/assets
List assets
assets-list-assets → 200401403429500
GET
/assets/{asset_uuid}
Get asset details
assets-asset-info 1 param → 200401403429500
POST
/api/v2/assets/bulk-jobs/acr
Update ACR
assets-bulk-update-acr body → 202401403404429500
POST
/api/v2/assets/bulk-jobs/move-to-network
Move assets
assets-bulk-move body → 202400401403429500
POST
/api/v2/assets/bulk-jobs/delete
Bulk delete assets
assets-bulk-delete body → 202400401403429500503
POST
/import/assets
Import assets
assets-import body → 200400401403429500
GET
/import/asset-jobs
List asset import jobs
assets-list-import-jobs → 200401403429500
GET
/import/asset-jobs/{asset_import_job_uuid}
Get import job status
assets-import-job-info 1 param → 200401403429500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are assets_Response-Asset-Details (63 properties), assets_Request-Import-Asset (36 properties), assets_Response-List-Assets (21 properties), assets_Response-Asset-Import-Job (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

assets_subquery
object
The query for selecting the assets to delete. Includes an asset attribute, an operator, and a value. To get the list of supported filters, use the [List asset…
3 properties
assets_data
object
Bulk operations results. Contains the number of assets affected by the operation (moved or deleted).
1 property
assets_Response-List-Assets
object
An object containing information about an asset
21 properties
assets_AcrScanFrequencyObject
object
The interval, frequency, and licensing information for the scans of the asset.
3 properties
assets_AcrDriversObject
object
Asset characteristic that factored into the Asset Criticality Rating (ACR) calculation. For more details see [Lumin Metrics](https://docs.tenable.com/vulnerabi…
2 properties
assets_tags
object
5 properties
assets_query
assets_Response-Asset-Import-Job
object
11 properties
assets_sources
object
An object containing source information.
3 properties
assets_assetsBulkUpdateAcrObject
object
Parameters to update the ACR for an asset. For a request body example, see "Update ACR for assets" in [Bulk Asset Operations](doc:bulk-asset-operations).
4 properties 2 required
assets_Response-Asset-Details
object
63 properties
assets_Request-Import-Asset
object
36 properties
assets_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
assets_assetsBulkMoveRequest
object
The parameters for moving assets from one network to another.
3 properties 3 required
assets_AssetIdentifierObject
object
Each object can contain a single instance of the properties described below. You can combine multiple instances of this object, each containing a different sin…
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-assets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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