Rapid7 Scan API

Resources and operations for managing scans.

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Vulnerability Management BC-620.40

Operations 5

GET /api/3/scans Scans #
GET /api/3/scans/{id} Scan #
POST /api/3/scans/{id}/{status} Scan Status #
GET /api/3/sites/{id}/scans Site Scans #
POST /api/3/sites/{id}/scans Site Scans #

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OpenAPI Specification

rapid7-scan-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: '# Overview


    This guide documents the InsightVM Application Programming Interface (API) Version 3.'
  version: '3'
  title: InsightVM Scan API
  contact:
    name: Rapid7
    email: support@rapid7.com
servers:
- url: https://localhost:3780/
tags:
- name: Scan
  description: Resources and operations for managing scans.
paths:
  /api/3/scans:
    get:
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Scans
      description: Returns all scans.
      operationId: getScans
      parameters:
      - name: active
        in: query
        description: Return running scans or past scans (true/false value).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          enum:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
          default: false
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: The index of the page (zero-based) to retrieve.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: The number of records per page to retrieve.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 10
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: 'The criteria to sort the records by, in the format: `property[,ASC|DESC]`. The default sort order is ascending. Multiple sort criteria can be specified using multiple sort query parameters.'
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageOf_GlobalScan'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError'
      security: []
  /api/3/scans/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Scan
      description: Returns the specified scan.
      operationId: getScan
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: The identifier of the scan.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Scan'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError'
      security: []
  /api/3/scans/{id}/{status}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Scan Status
      description: Updates the scan status. Can pause, resume, and stop scans using this resource. In order to stop a scan the scan must be running or paused. In order to resume a scan the scan must be paused. In order to pause a scan the scan must be running.
      operationId: setScanStatus
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: The identifier of the scan.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: status
        in: path
        description: The status of the scan.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pause
          - stop
          - resume
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Links'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError'
      security: []
  /api/3/sites/{id}/scans:
    get:
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Site Scans
      description: Returns the scans for the specified site.
      operationId: getSiteScans
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: The identifier of the site.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: active
        in: query
        description: Return running scans or past scans (true/false value).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          enum:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
          default: false
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: The index of the page (zero-based) to retrieve.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: The number of records per page to retrieve.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 10
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: 'The criteria to sort the records by, in the format: `property[,ASC|DESC]`. The default sort order is ascending. Multiple sort criteria can be specified using multiple sort query parameters.'
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageOf_Scan'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError'
      security: []
    post:
      tags:
      - Scan
      summary: Site Scans
      description: Starts a scan for the specified site.
      operationId: startScan
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: The identifier of the site.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: overrideBlackout
        in: query
        description: Whether to request for the override of an scan blackout window.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          enum:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreatedReference_ScanID_Link'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json;charset=UTF-8:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError'
      security: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdhocScan'
        description: The details for the scan.
components:
  schemas:
    PageOf_Scan:
      type: object
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        page:
          example: ''
          description: The details of pagination indicating which page was returned, and how the remaining pages can be retrieved.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
        resources:
          type: array
          description: The page of resources returned.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Scan'
      description: ''
    InternalServerError:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: An error has occurred.
          description: The messages indicating the cause or reason for failure.
        status:
          type: string
          example: '500'
          description: The HTTP status code for the error (same as in the HTTP response).
          enum:
          - '500'
      description: ''
    PageOf_GlobalScan:
      type: object
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        page:
          example: ''
          description: The details of pagination indicating which page was returned, and how the remaining pages can be retrieved.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
        resources:
          type: array
          description: The page of resources returned.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlobalScan'
      description: ''
    AdhocScan:
      type: object
      properties:
        assetGroupIds:
          type: array
          description: The asset groups that should be included as a part of the scan. Only asset groups assigned to the site can be specified for a scan. This value should be an array of integers representing the unique identifiers of the asset groups.
          items:
            type: integer
            format: int32
        engineId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan engine.
        hosts:
          type: array
          description: The hosts that should be included as a part of the scan. This should be a mixture of IP Addresses and Hostnames as a String array.
          items:
            type: string
        name:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The user-driven scan name for the scan.
        templateId:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan template
      description: ''
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          example: https://hostname:3780/api/3/...
          description: 'A hypertext reference, which is either a URI (see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986">RFC 3986</a>) or URI template (see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570">RFC 6570</a>). '
        rel:
          type: string
          example: self
          description: The link relation type. This value is one from the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-6.2">Link Relation Type Registry</a> or is the type of resource being linked to.
      description: ''
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: An error has occurred.
          description: The messages indicating the cause or reason for failure.
        status:
          type: string
          example: '401'
          description: The HTTP status code for the error (same as in the HTTP response).
          enum:
          - '401'
      description: ''
    NotFoundError:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: An error has occurred.
          description: The messages indicating the cause or reason for failure.
        status:
          type: string
          example: '404'
          description: The HTTP status code for the error (same as in the HTTP response).
          enum:
          - '404'
      description: ''
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        number:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 6
          description: The index (zero-based) of the current page returned.
        size:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 10
          description: The maximum size of the page returned.
        totalPages:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 13
          description: The total number of pages available.
        totalResources:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 123
          description: The total number of resources available across all pages.
      description: ''
    CreatedReference_ScanID_Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 1
          description: The identifier of the resource created.
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
      description: ''
    BadRequestError:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: An error has occurred.
          description: The messages indicating the cause or reason for failure.
        status:
          type: string
          example: '400'
          description: The HTTP status code for the error (same as in the HTTP response).
          enum:
          - '400'
      description: ''
    GlobalScan:
      type: object
      properties:
        assets:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: ''
          description: The number of assets found in the scan.
        duration:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The duration of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        endTime:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The end time of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        engineId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan engine.
        engineName:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The name of the scan engine.
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan.
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          readOnly: true
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The reason for the scan status.
        scanName:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The user-driven scan name for the scan.
        scanType:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: 'The scan type (automated, manual, scheduled). '
        siteId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        siteName:
          type: string
        startTime:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The start time of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        startedBy:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The name of the user that started the scan.
        status:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The scan status.
          enum:
          - aborted
          - unknown
          - running
          - finished
          - stopped
          - error
          - paused
          - dispatched
          - integrating
        vulnerabilities:
          example: ''
          description: The vulnerability synopsis of the scan.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vulnerabilities'
      description: ''
    Vulnerabilities:
      type: object
      properties:
        critical:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 16
          description: The number of critical vulnerabilities.
          readOnly: true
        moderate:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 3
          description: The number of moderate vulnerabilities.
          readOnly: true
        severe:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 76
          description: The number of severe vulnerabilities.
          readOnly: true
        total:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 95
          description: The total number of vulnerabilities.
          readOnly: true
      description: ''
    Links:
      type: object
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
      description: ''
    Scan:
      type: object
      properties:
        assets:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: ''
          description: The number of assets found in the scan.
        duration:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The duration of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        endTime:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The end time of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        engineId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan engine.
        engineName:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The name of the scan engine.
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: ''
          description: The identifier of the scan.
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          readOnly: true
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The reason for the scan status.
        scanName:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The user-driven scan name for the scan.
        scanType:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: 'The scan type (automated, manual, scheduled). '
        startTime:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The start time of the scan in ISO8601 format.
        startedBy:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The name of the user that started the scan.
        status:
          type: string
          example: ''
          description: The scan status.
          enum:
          - aborted
          - unknown
          - running
          - finished
          - stopped
          - error
          - paused
          - dispatched
          - integrating
        vulnerabilities:
          example: ''
          description: The vulnerability synopsis of the scan.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vulnerabilities'
      description: ''
    ServiceUnavailableError:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      properties:
        links:
          type: array
          description: Hypermedia links to corresponding or related resources.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        message:
          type: string
          example: An error has occurred.
          description: The messages indicating the cause or reason for failure.
        status:
          type: string
          example: '503'
          description: The HTTP status code for the error (same as in the HTTP response).
          enum:
          - '503'
      description: ''
  securitySchemes:
    Basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic