import requests

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

# For in house hosted API

# Replace these values with your SecurityCenter information

Tenable_SERVER = 'https://securitycenter-server'

ACCESS_KEY = 'your-access-key'

SECRET_KEY = 'your-secret-key'

SCAN_ID = 1 # Replace with the ID of the scan you want to initiate

# API endpoint for initiating a scan

SCAN_ENDPOINT = f'{Tenable_SERVER}/rest/scan/{SCAN_ID}/launch'

# Set up the headers and authentication

headers = {

'Content-Type': 'application/json',

'Accept': 'application/json',

}

auth = HTTPBasicAuth(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY)

# Initiate the scan

try:

response = requests.post(SCAN_ENDPOINT, headers=headers, auth=auth, verify=False)

response.raise_for_status()

print(f'Scan initiation successful. Response: {response.text}')

except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:

print(f'Error initiating scan: {err}')

except Exception as e:

print(f'An error occurred: {e}')