Sysdig Image Scanning API

Scan container images for vulnerabilities

Business capability
Vulnerability Management BC-620.40

Operations 2

POST /api/scanning/v1/image Scan Image #
GET /api/scanning/v1/images List Scanned Images #

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OpenAPI Specification

sysdig-image-scanning-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sysdig Secure Image Scanning API
  description: The Sysdig Secure API provides programmatic access to cloud and container security capabilities including vulnerability management, runtime threat detection, policy enforcement, compliance automation, activity audit, image scanning, SBOM management, and Falco rules management.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Sysdig Support
    url: https://sysdig.com/support/
  termsOfService: https://sysdig.com/legal/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://sysdig.com/legal/
servers:
- url: https://api.us1.sysdig.com
  description: US East
- url: https://api.eu1.sysdig.com
  description: EU Central
- url: https://api.au1.sysdig.com
  description: Asia Pacific
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Image Scanning
  description: Scan container images for vulnerabilities
paths:
  /api/scanning/v1/image:
    post:
      operationId: scanImage
      summary: Scan Image
      description: Trigger a vulnerability scan for a container image.
      tags:
      - Image Scanning
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageScanRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Image scan initiated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageScanResponse'
  /api/scanning/v1/images:
    get:
      operationId: listScannedImages
      summary: List Scanned Images
      description: Retrieve all container images that have been scanned.
      tags:
      - Image Scanning
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of scanned images
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScannedImageListResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ScannedImage:
      type: object
      properties:
        imageId:
          type: string
        fullTag:
          type: string
        registry:
          type: string
        repository:
          type: string
        tag:
          type: string
        analysisStatus:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ImageScanResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        imageId:
          type: string
        analysisStatus:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ScannedImageListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        images:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScannedImage'
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        returned:
          type: integer
        next:
          type: string
    ImageScanRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - tag
      properties:
        tag:
          type: string
          description: Container image tag to scan
        digest:
          type: string
          description: Image digest
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Authenticate using a Sysdig API Token, Team-Based Service Account, or Global Service Account token as a Bearer token.
externalDocs:
  description: Sysdig Developer Tools Documentation
  url: https://docs.sysdig.com/en/developer-tools/sysdig-api/