Lists Tenable-provided scan templates. Tenable provides a number of scan templates to facilitate the creation of scans and scan policies. For a full description of these scan templates, see the [*Tenable.io Vulnerability Management Guide*](https://docs.tenable.com/tenableio/vulnerabilitymanagement/Content/Scans/Templates.htm).

Requires STANDARD [32] user permissions. See [Permissions](doc:permissions).

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Tenable documentation.

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Parameters

ParameterDescription
TypeThe type of templates to retrieve (scan, policy, or remediation).

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Example Output

{
	"value": {
		"templates": [
			{
				"cloud_only": false,
				"desc": "A full system scan suitable for any host.",
				"is_agent": null,
				"is_was": null,
				"manager_only": false,
				"name": "basic",
				"order": null,
				"subscription_only": false,
				"title": "Basic Network Scan",
				"unsupported": false,
				"uuid": "aa17696a-f0ad-458a-a103-973c8f63752a7bd788d6be818b65"
			},
			{
				"cloud_only": false,
				"desc": "Audit systems connected via Nessus Agents.",
				"is_agent": true,
				"is_was": null,
				"manager_only": false,
				"name": "agent_compliance",
				"order": null,
				"subscription_only": false,
				"title": "Policy Compliance Auditing",
				"unsupported": false,
				"uuid": "54a0c38a-9deb-4ed6-833c-525e01cb0c8ed9c901634c382c2d"
			},
			{
				"cloud_only": false,
				"desc": "Scan for malware on systems connected via Nessus Agents.",
				"is_agent": true,
				"is_was": null,
				"manager_only": false,
				"name": "agent_malware",
				"order": null,
				"subscription_only": false,
				"title": "Malware Scan",
				"unsupported": false,
				"uuid": "cb0d8586-af21-4d52-96a8-a12acaac4132621fbb0e783517bc"
			}
		]
	}
}

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