Launch a VM scan in the user's account.
Click here to view parameters for launching VM scans.
API Request
curl -u "username:password" -H "X-Requested-With:curl demo" -d "action=launch&scan_title=My+Vulnerability+Scan&target_from=tags&tag_set_by=name&tag_set_include=Windows&option_id=43165&iscanner_name=scanner1" "https://<qualys_base_url>/api/2.0/fo/scan/"XML Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE SIMPLE_RETURN SYSTEM "https://<qualys_base_url>/api/2.0/simple_return.dtd">
<SIMPLE_RETURN>
<RESPONSE>
<DATETIME>2018-01-15T21:32:40Z</DATETIME>
<TEXT>New vm scan launched</TEXT>
<ITEM_LIST>
<ITEM>
<KEY>ID</KEY>
<VALUE>136992</VALUE>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
<KEY>REFERENCE</KEY>
<VALUE>scan/1358285558.36992</VALUE>
</ITEM>
</ITEM_LIST>
</RESPONSE>
</SIMPLE_RETURN>API Request
curl -H "X-Requested-With: Curl" -u "USERNAME:PASSWORD" -X "POST" -d"action=launch&option_title=Initial+Options&fqdn=domain.qualys.com&iscanner_name=scanner_us&scan_title=My+Scan&asset_groups=My+AG""https://<qualys_base_url>/api/2.0/fo/scan/" > outputfile.txtAPI Request
curl -u 'username:password' -H 'X-Requested-With:curl demo' -d "action=launch&scan_title=My+Vulnerability+Scan&target_from=tags&tag_set_by=name&tag_set_include=Windows&option_id=43165&iscanner_name=scanner1" "https://<qualys_base_url>/api/2.0/fo/scan/"API Request
curl -u 'username:password' -H 'X-Requested-With:curl demo' -d "action=launch&scan_title=scan3&option_title=Initial+Options&ip_network_id=12807913&scanners_in_network=1&asset_groups=AG1-GDN" "https://<qualys_base_url>/api/2.0/fo/scan/"<platform API server>/api/2.0/simple_return.dtd