Censys

Censys Collections API

Endpoints related to the Collections product

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /v3/collections Censys List Collections #
POST /v3/collections Censys Create a Collection #
DELETE /v3/collections/{collection_uid} Censys Delete a Collection #
GET /v3/collections/{collection_uid} Censys Get a Collection #
PUT /v3/collections/{collection_uid} Censys Update a Collection #
GET /v3/collections/{collection_uid}/events Censys Get a Collection's Events #
POST /v3/collections/{collection_uid}/search/aggregate Censys Aggregate Results for a Search Query Within a Collection #
POST /v3/collections/{collection_uid}/search/query Censys Run a Search Query Within a Collection #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.censys.com
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APIReference
https://docs.censys.com/reference
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Authentication
https://accounts.censys.io/settings/personal-access-tokens
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GettingStarted
https://docs.censys.com/docs/platform-quickstart

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/openapi/censys-collections-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/postman/censys-search.postman_collection.json
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Postman
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/postman/censys-asm.postman_collection.json
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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/censys-platform/
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SDKs
https://github.com/censys/censys-sdk-typescript
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SDKs
https://github.com/censys/censys-sdk-go
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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/censys/
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ChangeLog
https://docs.censys.com/changelog
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/json-ld/censys-platform-context.jsonld
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SDKs
https://github.com/censys/censys-asset-graph-sdk-go
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/censys/refs/heads/main/json-ld/censys-asset-graph-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

censys-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@censys.com
    name: Censys Inc.
    url: https://censys.com
  title: Censys Platform Collections API
  version: 1.0.103
  description: Endpoints related to the Collections product
servers:
- description: The Censys Platform API
  url: https://api.platform.censys.io
tags:


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