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Tenable Scanners API

The Scanners API from Tenable — 5 operation(s) for scanners.

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

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 5 paths, and defines 7 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.

7 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET1 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 Scanners 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 5 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Scanners 7
GET
/scanners
List scanners
scanners-list → 200401403429500
GET
/scanners/{scanner_id}
Get scanner details
scanners-details 1 param → 200401403404429500
PUT
/scanners/{scanner_id}
Update scanner
scanners-edit 1 param body → 200401403429500
DELETE
/scanners/{scanner_id}
Delete scanner
scanners-delete 1 param → 200401403429500
GET
/scanners/{scanner_id}/key
Get scanner key
scanners-get-scanner-key 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/scanners/{scanner_id}/aws-targets
List AWS scan targets
scanners-get-aws-targets 1 param → 200401403404429500
GET
/scanners/{scanner_id}/scans
List running scans
scanners-get-scans 1 param → 200401403404429500

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Scanners_response-scanner-object (40 properties), Scanners_update-scanner (15 properties), Scanners_scan (10 properties), Scanners_aws-target (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Scanners_scanner-key
object
1 property
Scanners_scan
object
10 properties
Scanners_aws-target
object
8 properties
Scanners_response-list-scanners
array
Scanners_update-scanner
object
15 properties
Scanners_response-scanner-object
object
40 properties
Scanners_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-scanners-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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