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To schedule a scan

This is the sequence to follow when you schedule a scan using the API’s Schedule Scan request.

  1. Obtain a scanning service.

    Your organization might have already done this for you.

    You can use the List Current Services request to see which services are currently available, but to subscribe to a new service, you or your organization must use the Managed Services Web interface.

  2. If the service is a limited service, create a target for it.

    You can use either the MSP Web interface or the API’s Create Target request.

    An unlimited (3D) service does not require a target.

  3. If you are using an unlimited (3D) service, choose which assessment types (“products”) you want to run.

  4. Invoke Get Product Scoping Form to obtain the form for the kind of scan you will run.

    Note: As of version 3, you can use the new applicationID field to specify a custom string that identifies the software you are testing.

  5. Fill in data for the fields in the Product Scoping Form.

  6. Use the File Upload request to upload the filled-out form. Use File Upload to also upload any other files that the scan might need.

  7. Invoke Schedule Scan, providing the information you specified in the scoping form you obtained in step 4.

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