Nessus API Helper

A simple module to help make requests to the Nessus API.

Usage

Create a client instance:

  const nessus = new Nessus({
    host: 'localhost',
    user: 'username',
    pass: 'password'
  })

Authenticate:

  await nessus.authenticate()

Make requests:

  const scanData = await nessus.getScanById(<scanId>)

Constructor Config

key	description	default
host	Hostname or IP of Nessus server	localhost
port	Nessus port	8834
protocol	http or https	https
user	Nessus username
password	Nessus password

Methods

.authenticate()

Uses the user and password supplied in the constructor to set auth headers for subsequent requests.

.getFolders()

Returns the folder list

.getScans([queryObject])

Returns a list of scans Optional query object can be used to add the query parameters folder_id and/or last_modification_date

.getScanById(scanId[, historyId])

Returns scan data for the given scan id

.getScanHost(scanId, hostId[, historyId])

Returns host data for the the given scan and host id

.getScanHostPlugin(scanId, hostId, pluginId[, historyId])

Returns the plugin data for the given scan, host and plugin id

.getScanHostCompliance(scanId, hostId, complianceId[, historyId])

Returns the compliance plugin data for the given scan, host and compliance id