Start Scan

Starts a scan for the specified site.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Rapid7 documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Disable SSL	Enable this option to skip SSL verification of the server's certificate chain and host name. This may increase security vulnerabilities, but can be useful for testing or when custom verification is employed.
Scan Name	The user-driven scan name for the scan.
Site ID	The ID of the site.

Parameter	Description
Engine ID	The ID of the scan engine.
Hosts	A comma-separated list of the hosts that should be included as a part of the scan. This should be a mixture of IP Addresses and Hostnames as a String array.
Template ID	The ID of the scan template.

{
    "id": 1,
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "https://hostname:3780/api/3/...",
            "rel": "self"
        }
    ]
}

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