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Components
Encryption
Dependencies
Geoprovenance
Licenses
- GETGet license information for a single software component.
- POSTGet license information for multiple software components in a single request.
- GETGet detailed metadata for a specific license by SPDX identifier.
- POSTReturns the same message that was sent, used for health checks and connectivity testing
- GETGet compliance obligations and usage requirements for a specific license.
Scanning
Semgrep
Vulnerabilities
curl --request POST \
--url http://api.scanoss.com/v2/licenses/components \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine@1.0.0"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/scanoss.py@v1.30.0"
}
]
}
'{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine@1.0.0",
"requirement": "",
"version": "1.0.0",
"statement": "GPL-2.0",
"licenses": [
{
"id": "GPL-2.0",
"full_name": "GNU General Public License v2.0 only",
"is_spdx_approved": true,
"url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only.html"
}
],
"url": "https://github.com/scanoss/engine"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/scanoss.py@v1.30.0",
"requirement": "",
"version": "v1.30.0",
"statement": "MIT",
"licenses": [
{
"id": "MIT",
"full_name": "MIT License",
"is_spdx_approved": true,
"url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html"
}
],
"url": "https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py"
}
],
"status": {
"status": "SUCCESS",
"message": "Licenses Successfully retrieved"
}
}Get license information for multiple software components in a single request.
Examines source code, license files, and package metadata to determine which licenses apply to each component. Returns license data in both individual SPDX license and SPDX expressions when determinable.
curl --request POST \
--url http://api.scanoss.com/v2/licenses/components \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine@1.0.0"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/scanoss.py@v1.30.0"
}
]
}
'{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine@1.0.0",
"requirement": "",
"version": "1.0.0",
"statement": "GPL-2.0",
"licenses": [
{
"id": "GPL-2.0",
"full_name": "GNU General Public License v2.0 only",
"is_spdx_approved": true,
"url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only.html"
}
],
"url": "https://github.com/scanoss/engine"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/scanoss.py@v1.30.0",
"requirement": "",
"version": "v1.30.0",
"statement": "MIT",
"licenses": [
{
"id": "MIT",
"full_name": "MIT License",
"is_spdx_approved": true,
"url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html"
}
],
"url": "https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py"
}
],
"status": {
"status": "SUCCESS",
"message": "Licenses Successfully retrieved"
}
}Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanoss.com/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Body
Represents a list of software component to be analyzed by SCANOSS API services. Allows analysis of multiple software components in a single API call, improving performance over individual requests.
Represents a list of software component to be analyzed by SCANOSS API services. Allows analysis of multiple software components in a single API call, improving performance over individual requests.
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Response
A successful response.
Success example. For error cases, each component block reports the failure via info_message and info_code. Example: {"components":[{"purl":"pkg:github/scanoss/unknown-component","requirement":"","version":"","statement":"","licenses":[],"url":"","info_message":"Component version not found","info_code":"VERSION_NOT_FOUND"}],"status":{"status":"SUCCESS","message":"Success"}}