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Tenable Profiles API

The Profiles API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for profiles.

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

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 10 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 4 paths 10 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET2 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 Profiles 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 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Profiles 7
POST
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}
Create profile
profiles-create 1 param body → 200400401403429500
GET
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}
List profiles
profiles-list 1 param → 200401403429500
GET
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}
Get profile details
profiles-details 2 params → 200401403404429500
PUT
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}
Update profile
profiles-update 2 params body → 200400401403404429500
DELETE
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}
Delete profile
profiles-delete 2 params → 200400401403404429500
POST
/sensors/profiles/{sensor_type}/{profile_uuid}/clone
Clone profile
profiles-clone 2 params body → 200400401403404429500
GET
/sensors/profiles/feed_versions
List available plugin sets
profiles-feed-versions → 200401403429500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Profiles_response-agent-config-object (7 properties), Profiles_response-sensor-type-profile (6 properties), Profiles_request-agent-profile-config-object (6 properties), Profiles_response-agent-profile-deletion (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Profiles_response-agent-config-object
object
Configuration settings and options applied to the agent profile.
7 properties
Profiles_response-sensor-type-profile
object
6 properties
Profiles_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Profiles_response-scanner-profile-deletion
object
2 properties
Profiles_response-profiles
array
An array of profile objects.
Profiles_request-create-profile
object
3 properties 1 required
Profiles_request-agent-profile-config-object
object
Configuration settings and options to apply to the profile.
6 properties
Profiles_response-agent-profile-deletion
object
4 properties
Profiles_response-scanner-config-object
object
Configuration settings and options applied to the scanner profile.
3 properties
Profiles_request-scanner-profile-config-object
object
Configuration settings and options to apply to the profile.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-profiles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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