Tenable Scan Tasks API
The Scan Tasks API from Tenable — 7 operation(s) for scan tasks.
Tenable Scan Tasks 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 Tasks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 8 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Tenable Scan Tasks 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 — 2 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scan_Tasks_Response-Scan-Object (17 properties), Scan_Tasks_CredentialSettingsRequestObject (4 properties), Scan_Tasks_ManagedCredentialPermissions (4 properties), Scan_Tasks_Response-Check-Targets (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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