# Qualys VMDR API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/qualys/vmdr-api/  
**Provider:** Qualys — https://apis.io/providers/qualys/  
**Base URL:** https://qualysapi.qualys.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.qualys.com/en/vm/api/

Qualys VMDR API is one of 2 APIs that [Qualys](https://apis.io/providers/qualys/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Vulnerability Management, Asset Inventory, Scans, and Reports. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

REST/XML API for managing the full Vulnerability Management Detection and Response lifecycle including asset inventory, scans, vulnerability findings, prioritization, and reports. Base URL varies per pod (US Platform 1 uses qualysapi.qualys.com); authentication is HTTP Basic with Qualys account credentials.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.qualys.com/en/vm/api/
- **API Quick Reference** — https://cdn2.qualys.com/docs/qualys-api-quick-reference.pdf
- **User Guide** — https://cdn2.qualys.com/docs/qualys-api-vmpc-user-guide.pdf
- **Pod URLs** — https://www.qualys.com/platform-identification/
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qualys/refs/heads/main/graphql/qualys-graphql.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qualys/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Qualys APIs (1)

- [Qualys Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/qualys/authentication-api/)

## Tags

Vulnerability Management, Asset Inventory, Scans, Reports

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