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Tenable Scan Exports API

The Scan Exports API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for scan exports.

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

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 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.

4 operations 4 paths 3 schemas 3 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 Scan Exports 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 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Scan Exports 4
POST
/scans/{scan_id}/export
Export scan
scans-export-request 2 params body → 200400401403404429500
GET
/scans/exports
List scan exports
scans-export-list 3 params → 200401403429500
GET
/scans/{scan_id}/export/{file_id}/status
Check scan export status
scans-export-status 2 params → 200401403404429500
GET
/scans/{scan_id}/export/{file_id}/download
Download scan export
scans-export-download 2 params → 200401404429500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scan_Exports_ExportMetadata (9 properties), Scan_Exports_Response-List-Exports (8 properties), Scan_Exports_ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Scan_Exports_ExportMetadata
object
9 properties
Scan_Exports_Response-List-Exports
object
8 properties
Scan_Exports_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-scan-exports-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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