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Tenable Policies API

The Policies API from Tenable — 5 operation(s) for policies.

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

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, 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.

8 operations 5 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET3 POST1 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 Policies 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 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Policies 8
POST
/policies
Create policy
policies-create body → 200400401403429500
GET
/policies
List policies
policies-list → 200401403429500
POST
/policies/{policy_id}/copy
Copy policy
policies-copy 1 param → 200401403404429500
POST
/policies/import
Import policy
policies-import body → 200400401403429500
GET
/policies/{policy_id}/export
Export policy
policies-export 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/policies/{policy_id}
List policy details
policies-details 1 param → 200401403404429500
PUT
/policies/{policy_id}
Update policy
policies-configure 1 param → 200400401403404429500
DELETE
/policies/{policy_id}
Delete policy
policies-delete 1 param → 200401403404405429500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are policies_policy (12 properties), policies_ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

policies_policy
object
12 properties
policies_policies
array
policies_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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