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Tenable Scanner Groups API

The Scanner Groups API from Tenable — 5 operation(s) for scanner groups.

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

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 5 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.

10 operations 5 paths 8 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET2 POST2 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 Scanner Groups 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 10

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Scanner Groups 10
POST
/scanner-groups
Create scanner group
scanner-groups-create body → 200400401403429500
GET
/scanner-groups
List scanner groups
scanner-groups-list → 200401403429500
GET
/scanner-groups/{group_id}
List scanner group details
scanner-groups-details 1 param → 200400401403404429500
PUT
/scanner-groups/{group_id}
Update scanner group
scanner-groups-edit 1 param body → 200400401403404429500
DELETE
/scanner-groups/{group_id}
Delete a scanner group
scanner-groups-delete 1 param → 200400401403404429500
GET
/scanner-groups/{group_id}/scanners
List scanners within scanner group
scanner-groups-list-scanners 1 param → 200400401403404429500
POST
/scanner-groups/{group_id}/scanners/{scanner_id}
Add scanner to scanner group
scanner-groups-add-scanner 2 params → 200400401403404409429500
DELETE
/scanner-groups/{group_id}/scanners/{scanner_id}
Remove scanner from scanner group
scanner-groups-delete-scanner 2 params → 200400401403404429500
GET
/scanner-groups/{group_id}/routes
List scan routes
io-scanner-groups-list-routes 1 param → 200400401403404429500
PUT
/scanner-groups/{group_id}/routes
Update scan routes
io-scanner-groups-update-routes 1 param body → 200400401404429500

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scanner_Groups_response-scanner-object (40 properties), Scanner_Groups_object-scanner_group (20 properties), Scanner_Groups_response-update-scanner_group (16 properties), Scanner_Groups_response-create-scanner_group (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Scanner_Groups_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Scanner_Groups_route_objects
array
Scanner_Groups_response-scanner-object
object
40 properties
Scanner_Groups_routes
object
1 property 1 required
Scanner_Groups_object-scanner_group
object
20 properties
Scanner_Groups_response-update-scanner_group
object
16 properties
Scanner_Groups_route
object
1 property 1 required
Scanner_Groups_response-create-scanner_group
object
12 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-scanner-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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