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Tenable Scanner Tasks API

The Scanner Tasks API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for scanner tasks.

Tenable Scanner 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 Scanner Tasks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 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 6 schemas 3 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 Scanner 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 4

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

Scanner Tasks 4
POST
/scanners/{scanner_uuid}/directives
Send instructions to scanner
io-scanners-directive 1 param body → 200401403404429500
POST
/scanners/bulk/directives
Send instructions to multiple scanners
io-scanners-directive-bulk body → 200401403404429500
POST
/scanners/{scanner_id}/scans/{scan_uuid}/control
Allow control of running scans
scanners-control-scans 2 params body → 200401403404429500
PUT
/scanners/{scanner_id}/link
Toggle scanner link state
scanners-toggle-link-state 1 param body → 200401403429500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scanner_Tasks_response-scanner-directive (12 properties), Scanner_Tasks_ErrorResponse (3 properties), Scanner_Tasks_bulk-scanner-directive (3 properties), Scanner_Tasks_scanner-directive (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Scanner_Tasks_response-directive-option
object
The instructions to perform.
1 property
Scanner_Tasks_response-scanner-directive
object
12 properties
Scanner_Tasks_response-bulk-scanner-directive
array
Scanner_Tasks_bulk-scanner-directive
object
3 properties
Scanner_Tasks_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Scanner_Tasks_scanner-directive
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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