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Tenable Scan Results API

The Scan Results API from Tenable — 3 operation(s) for scan results.

Tenable Scan Results 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 Results. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 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.

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

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 Results 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 3

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

Scan Results 3
GET
/scans/{scan_uuid}/hosts/{host_id}
Get host details
scans-host-details 4 params → 200401404429500
GET
/scans/{scan_uuid}/hosts/{host_id}/plugins/{plugin_id}deprecated
Get plugin output
scans-plugin-output 5 params → 200401404429500
GET
/scans/{scan_id}/attachments/{attachment_id}
Get scan attachment file
scans-attachments 4 params → 200401404429500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scan_Results_host_vulnerability (9 properties), Scan_Results_host_compliance (8 properties), Scan_Results_plugin_output (6 properties), Scan_Results_ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Scan_Results_host_vulnerability
object
9 properties
Scan_Results_host_compliance
object
8 properties
Scan_Results_plugin_output
object
6 properties
Scan_Results_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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