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+scanapi
+=======
+
+scanapi is a small REST API that exposes functionality of a Nessus server to
+users or applications. This interface can be used to primarily execute scans
+using the Nessus server, and fetch results. The primary intent is provided a
+more limited / restricted interface than is possible communicating directly
+with the Nessus API, and simplify creating scans and fetching results.
+
+.. code
+
+        < users > --------> < scanapi > --------> < nessus >
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Fetch code
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code :: bash
+
+        $ git clone https://github.com/mozilla/scanapi.git
+        $ cd scanapi
+        $ virtualenv myenv
+        $ source myenv/bin/active
+        $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+Configure scanapi
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Copy scanapi.yml.example and edit it as required.
+
+.. code :: bash
+
+        $ cd scanapi
+        $ cp scanapi.yml.example scanapi.yml
+
+You will need to create a user in your Nessus server that scanapi will authenticate
+to Nessus as, and you need to create API keys for that user. These should be added to
+the scanapi configuration file.
+
+The ``appkeys`` section can be used to specify application keys, one of which
+must be sent in the SCANAPIKEY header to authenticate when making requests to the
+API. If no ``appkeys`` section is present, no authentication against scanapi will
+occur.
+
+Run scanapi
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+scanapi can be run directly for testing.
+
+.. code :: bash
+
+        $ ./scanapi.py
+
+For actual use, you would generally configure it with nginx and uwsgi.