# BigID Scans API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-scans-api/  
**Provider:** BigID — https://apis.io/providers/bigid/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.bigid.com/api/scan-profiles-api-tutorial/

BigID Scans API is one of 10 APIs that [BigID](https://apis.io/providers/bigid/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Scans and Scan Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

Configure and execute BigID scans. Create scan profiles to control which data sources are scanned and using which classifier template, then start and monitor scan executions and parent-scan rollups.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.bigid.com/api/scan-profiles-api-tutorial/
- **Documentation** — https://developer.bigid.com/api/scan-insights-api-tutorial/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigid/refs/heads/main/openapi/bigid-scans-api-openapi.yml

## Other BigID APIs (9)

- [BigID Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-authentication-api/)
- [BigID Data Sources API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-data-sources-api/)
- [BigID DSAR API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-dsar-api/)
- [BigID Actionable Insights API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-actionable-insights-api/)
- [BigID Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-catalog-api/)
- [BigID Clusters API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-clusters-api/)
- [BigID Connector Templates API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-connector-templates-api/)
- [BigID Metadata Export API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-metadata-export-api/)
- [BigID Scan Profiles API](https://apis.io/apis/bigid/bigid-scan-profiles-api/)

## Tags

Scans, Scan Profiles

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