Root (fka Slim.ai) Discovery API

The Discovery API from Root (fka Slim.ai) — 2 operation(s) for discovery.

Operations 2

POST /v3/discovery Create discovered package with CVE #
POST /v3/discovery/bulk Bulk discover packages with CVEs (async) #

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OpenAPI Specification

root-fka-slimai-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: This is the API documentation for Root.io.
  title: Root.io Discovery API
  termsOfService: https://www.root.io/terms-of-service
  contact: {}
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.root.io
tags:
- name: Discovery
paths:
  /v3/discovery:
    post:
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
      description: 'Creates complete CVE record chain: scan_packages, cves, cve_tickets, unpatched_cve_metadata'
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Create discovered package with CVE
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackageResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          description: Account not found in context
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '409':
          description: CVE already exists
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackageRequest'
        description: Package and CVE data
        required: true
      operationId: postV3Discovery
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v3/discovery/bulk:
    post:
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
      description: 'Persists the array to bulk_discovery_jobs, atomically XADDs each item

        to the cve_discovery_events Redis stream, and best-effort deletes the

        row on success. Items are then processed asynchronously by

        packages-events-consumer (same write path as the single endpoint).'
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Bulk discover packages with CVEs (async)
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackagesBulkResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          description: Account not found in context
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '413':
          description: Request body exceeds 32MB
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackagesBulkRequest'
        description: Array of items
        required: true
      operationId: postV3DiscoveryBulk
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackagesBulkRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - items
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackageRequest'
    discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackagesBulkResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        bulk_job_id:
          type: string
        item_count:
          type: integer
    discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackageResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        cve_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        cve_ticket_id:
          type: string
        jira_ticket_id:
          type: string
        metadata_id:
          type: string
        scan_package_id:
          type: string
    EmbeddedRef:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          description: parent name, e.g. "setuptools"
          type: string
        path:
          description: Path locates the inner *.dist-info; absolute on scans, relative on audit rows.
          type: string
        version:
          description: parent version, e.g. "65.5.0"
          type: string
    v3.CVESeverity:
      type: string
      enum:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - unknown
      x-enum-varnames:
      - CveSeverityCritical
      - CveSeverityHigh
      - CveSeverityMedium
      - CveSeverityLow
      - CveSeverityUnknown
    Arch:
      type: string
      enum:
      - arm64
      - amd64
      - x86
      - aarch64
      - arm
      - ppc64
      - ppc64le
      - mips
      - mips64
      - mips64le
      - mipsle
      x-enum-varnames:
      - ArchARM64
      - ArchAmd64
      - ArchX86
      - ArchAARCH64
      - ArchARM
      - ArchPPC64
      - ArchPPC
      - ArchMIPS
      - ArchMIPS64
      - ArchMIPS64LE
      - ArchMIPSLE
    discovery.CreateDiscoveredPackageRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - cve_id
      - ecosystem
      - package_src_name
      - severity
      properties:
        arch:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arch'
        cve_id:
          type: string
        cvss_score:
          description: CVE metadata — written to cves and dual-written to patcher.cve_metadata
          type: number
        cvss_vector:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        ecosystem:
          type: string
        embedded_in:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmbeddedRef'
        fixed_in_version:
          type: string
        installation_path:
          type: string
        licenses:
          description: Package metadata — written to scan_packages
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        nvd_link:
          type: string
        os_distro_major:
          type: string
        package_purl:
          type: string
        package_src_name:
          type: string
        package_version:
          type: string
        published_at:
          type: string
        severity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/v3.CVESeverity'
        title:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic