Tanium Sensors API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Tanium Connect Actions Sensors API
  description: The Tanium Connect REST API allows creating, editing, and managing connections for delivering endpoint data to downstream systems. Connections link data sources (saved questions, event data, system status) to destinations (files, syslog, HTTP/webhooks, email, SQL databases) and can run on a schedule or be triggered by events. All endpoints are under the /plugin/products/connect/v1/ base path.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Tanium Support
    url: https://community.tanium.com/s/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.tanium.com/terms-of-use/
  x-date: '2026-03-04'
servers:
- url: https://{tanium_server}
  description: Tanium Server
  variables:
    tanium_server:
      default: tanium.example.com
      description: Hostname or IP address of the Tanium server
security:
- apiToken: []
tags:
- name: Sensors
  description: Manage endpoint sensors
paths:
  /api/v2/sensors/by-name/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getSensorByName
      summary: Get A Sensor By Name
      description: Retrieves the details of a sensor identified by its name. Sensors collect data from endpoints and are used in questions to query endpoint state.
      tags:
      - Sensors
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Name of the sensor
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sensor retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sensor'
        '404':
          description: Sensor not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/v2/sensors:
    get:
      operationId: listSensors
      summary: List All Sensors
      description: Retrieves a list of all sensors configured on the Tanium server. Sensors are scripts that collect specific data from endpoints.
      tags:
      - Sensors
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sensors retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sensor'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: Error message text
    Sensor:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Unique identifier for the sensor
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the sensor
        hash:
          type: integer
          description: Hash identifier for the sensor
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of what the sensor collects
        category:
          type: string
          description: Category of the sensor
        max_age_seconds:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum age of cached sensor results in seconds
        content_set:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            name:
              type: string
          description: Content set the sensor belongs to
        queries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              platform:
                type: string
                description: Target platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.)
              script:
                type: string
                description: Script content for the sensor
              script_type:
                type: string
                description: Script language type
          description: Platform-specific query scripts
        parameters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                type: string
              default_value:
                type: string
          description: Sensor parameters
        mod_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Last modification timestamp
        creation_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Creation timestamp
  securitySchemes:
    apiToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: session
      in: header
      description: API token passed in the session header for authenticating with the Tanium Connect API.