Tenable Templates API
With the Templates API, you can manage scan and user templates. Use these endpoints to retrieve default settings or create custom templates based on organizational policies. Templates serve as the blueprint for creating new scans.For more information, see [Scan Template Types](https://docs.tenable.com/web-app-scanning/Content/WAS/Scans/ScannerTemplates.htm) in the _Tenable Web App Scanning User Guide_.
Tenable Templates API is one of 107 APIs that Tenable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Templates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 22 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 Templates 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 6
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
With the Templates API, you can manage scan and user templates. Use these endpoints to retrieve default settings or create custom templates based on organizational policies. Templ…
Schemas 22
The contract defines 22 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ScopeSettings (22 properties), AuditSettings (14 properties), ConfigSettings (12 properties), ConfigTemplate (8 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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