List plugin families

GET {{baseUrl}}/plugins/families?all=true

Returns the list of plugin families.

Requires BASIC [16] user permissions. See Permissions.

Request Params

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
allbooleanSpecifies whether to return all plugin families. If true, the plugin families hidden in Tenable.io UI, for example, Port Scanners, are included in the list.

RESPONSES

status: OK

{"families":[{"count":11342,"name":"AIX Local Security Checks","id":1},{"count":1164,"name":"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks","id":35},{"count":114,"name":"Backdoors","id":17}]}