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Tenable Plugins API

The Plugins API from Tenable — 7 operation(s) for plugins.

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

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 13 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.

7 operations 7 paths 13 schemas 6 GET1 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 Plugins 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 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 6 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Plugins 7
GET
/plugins/plugin
List plugins
io-plugins-list 3 params → 200401429500
GET
/plugins/plugin/{id}
Get plugin details
io-plugins-details 1 param → 200401404429500
GET
/plugins/families
List plugin families
io-plugins-families-list 1 param → 200401429500
GET
/plugins/families/{id}
List plugins in family (ID)
io-plugins-family-details-id 1 param → 200401404429500
POST
/plugins/families/_byName
List plugins in family (name)
io-plugins-family-details-name body → 200400401404429500
GET
/was/v2/plugins
List plugins
was-v2-plugins-list 3 params → 200401429500
GET
/was/v2/plugins/{plugin_id}
Get plugin details
was-v2-plugins-details 1 param → 200400401404429500

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are plugins_attributes_full (33 properties), PluginWithMetadata (15 properties), plugins_cvss_vector (6 properties), plugins_plugin (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaginationResponse
object
An object containing pagination information for the current result set.
4 properties
plugins_plugin_list_details
object
3 properties
plugins_attributes_short
object
2 properties
plugins_ResponsePluginsList
object
3 properties
plugins_plugins_list_response
object
4 properties
Plugin
object
The plugin properties.
3 properties 3 required
PaginationResponseSortObject
object
An object specifying how the current result set is sorted, including the property by which the results were sorted and the sort direction.
2 properties
plugins_plugin
object
4 properties
plugins_attributes_full
object
33 properties
PluginWithMetadata
object
15 properties 6 required
ErrorResponse
object
Tenable Web App Scanning error response.
1 property 1 required
plugins_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
plugins_cvss_vector
object
The raw CVSSv2 metrics for the vulnerability. For more information, see CVSSv2 documentation.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-plugins-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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