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Tenable Folders API

The Folders API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for folders.

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

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

This API exposes 8 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.

8 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET2 POST2 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 Folders 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 4 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Folders 8
POST
/folders
Create folder
folders-create body → 200400401403429500
GET
/folders
List folders
folders-list → 200401403429500
PUT
/folders/{folder_id}
Rename folder
folders-edit 1 param body → 200401403404429500
DELETE
/folders/{folder_id}
Delete folder
folders-delete 1 param → 200401403404429500
POST
/was/v2/folders
Create folder
was-v2-folders-create body → 200400401403429500
GET
/was/v2/folders
List folders
was-v2-folders-list → 200401403429500
PUT
/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}
Rename folder
was-v2-folders-update 1 param body → 200400401403429500
DELETE
/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}
Delete folder
was-v2-folders-delete 1 param → 202401403429500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are folders_folder (6 properties), folders_ErrorResponse (3 properties), FolderResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

folders_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
FolderResponse
object
Folder data
2 properties 2 required
folders_folders
array
ErrorResponse
object
Tenable Web App Scanning error response.
1 property 1 required
folders_folder
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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