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Tenable Permissions API

The Permissions API from Tenable — 1 operation(s) for permissions.

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

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 3 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.

2 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET1 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 Permissions 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 2

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

Permissions 2
GET
/permissions/{object_type}/{object_id}
Get object permissions
permissions-list 2 params → 200401403404429500
PUT
/permissions/{object_type}/{object_id}
Update object permissions
permissions-change 2 params body → 200401403404429500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are permissions_ACL_Response (7 properties), permissions_ErrorResponse (3 properties), permissions_ACL_Request (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

permissions_ACL_Request
object
3 properties
permissions_ACL_Response
object
7 properties
permissions_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-permissions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tenable publishes across the network.

Tenable About API
Tenable Access Control (API) API
Tenable Access Control (Groups) API
Tenable Access Control (Permissions) API
Tenable Access Control (Roles) API
Tenable Access Control (Users) API
Tenable Access Groups v1 API
Tenable Access Groups v2 API
Tenable Account Groups API
Tenable Accounts API
Tenable Activity Log API
Tenable AD object API