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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Identity Exposure Syslog API
8 actions
8 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/tenable-syslog-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Tenable's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Tenable publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 8
$.info
$.paths['/api/syslogs'].get
$.paths['/api/syslogs'].post
$.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].delete
$.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].patch
$.paths['/api/syslogs/test-message/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/syslogs/test-message'].post
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Identity Exposure Syslog API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/tenable-syslog-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 7
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List syslog forwarders
effect: read
questions:
- Where is Identity Exposure forwarding syslog alerts?
- Can I list all syslog configurations?
instructions:
- text: List syslog forwarders.
- text: Show every syslog destination.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a syslog forwarder
effect: write
questions:
- How do I send alerts to my SIEM over syslog?
- Can I add a new syslog destination?
instructions:
- text: Create a syslog forwarder.
- text: Add a new syslog destination for alerts.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a syslog forwarder
effect: read
questions:
- What host and port does a syslog forwarder send to?
- How do I view one syslog configuration?
instructions:
- text: Get syslog forwarder {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show settings of syslog destination {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a syslog forwarder
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I stop forwarding to a syslog server?
- Can I remove a syslog destination?
instructions:
- text: Delete syslog forwarder {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Remove syslog destination {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs/{id}'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Update a syslog forwarder
effect: write
questions:
- Can I change the IP and port a syslog forwarder targets?
- How do I switch a syslog destination to TCP with TLS?
instructions:
- text: Point syslog forwarder {id} at {ip} port {port}.
slots:
id: path.id
ip: requestBody.ip
port: requestBody.port
- text: Set protocol {protocol} with TLS {tls} on syslog forwarder {id}.
slots:
protocol: requestBody.protocol
tls: requestBody.tls
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs/test-message/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Send a test syslog for a saved forwarder
effect: write
questions:
- How do I confirm an existing syslog forwarder reaches my SIEM?
- Can I send a test message from a saved syslog configuration?
instructions:
- text: Send a test syslog message from forwarder {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Trigger a test on saved syslog destination {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/syslogs/test-message'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Send a test syslog before saving
effect: write
questions:
- Can I test syslog settings before creating the forwarder?
- Will a syslog message reach a host with these protocol and TLS settings?
instructions:
- text: Send a test syslog to {ip}:{port} over {protocol}, TLS {tls}, threshold {criticityThreshold}, directories {directories}, input {inputType}.
slots:
ip: requestBody.ip
port: requestBody.port
protocol: requestBody.protocol
tls: requestBody.tls
criticityThreshold: requestBody.criticityThreshold
directories: requestBody.directories
inputType: requestBody.inputType
- text: Try unsaved syslog settings against host {ip} via relay {relayId}.
slots:
ip: requestBody.ip
relayId: requestBody.relayId
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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