REST APIs Node

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style that can be used to communicate with web services.

For web services to communicate, they use SOAP or REST. SOAP is based on XML to exchange data over HTTP, allowing clients to invoke web services and have responses regardless of language and platform. While SOAP depends on complex communication, REST uses the standard HTTP methods for all four CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.

As web services perform their jobs in the background, their security is mostly overlooked. However, they can be used as an attacking vector by malicious hackers.

During the scan, Acunetix 360 can identify REST API or RESTful web services, listing them under the Knowledge Base panel. For further information, see Scanning a RESTful API Web Service.

Once the scan is completed, all REST APIs are listed under the REST APIs node in the Knowledge Base, highlighted in red and bold. You can access the same information in the Knowledge Base Report and Knowledge Base Tab.

For further information, see Knowledge Base Nodes.

How to View the REST APIs Node in Acunetix 360

1. Log in to Acunetix 360.
2. From the main menu, click Scans, then Recent Scans. The Recent Scans window is displayed.
3. Next to the relevant website, click Report.
4. From the Technical Report section, click the Knowledge Base tab.
5. Click the REST APIs node. The information is displayed in a REST APIs tab.