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AppScan Standard Help
  • Welcome
  • Getting started
  • Configuration
  • Manual exploring
  • Scanning
  • Data
  • Issues
  • Reports
  • Tools
  • Integrations
  • Best practices
  • FAQ & Troubleshooting
  • CLI
  • References
  1. Home
  2. Tools

    This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.

  3. Extensions
  4. PyScan

    Pyscan is an extension that enables you to control AppScan through Python.

  • Welcome

    Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.8.0

  • Getting started

    This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.

  • Configuration

    You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.

  • Manual exploring

    Manual exploring enables you to explore specific parts of your application, filling in fields and forms as you go. This can be a way of ensuring that particular areas of the site are covered, and that AppScan has the information needed to complete forms correctly.

  • Scanning

    Learn how to start a scan, and what happens during the scan; how to manually manipulate the Explore stage, and how to export the results of a scan.

  • Data

    Data view is populated with information about the structure of the site during the Explore stage of the scan.

  • Issues

    Issues view provides access to the results of a scan. You can view results at a high level or select specific tests or objects and access more details. These details include how to fix, requests/responses, and differences between the test variants that resulted in issues. You can manipulate the severity of issues, resend tests (with or without modifications), and create reports based on Issues.

  • Reports
  • Tools

    This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.

    • Options dialog box

      This section describes options you can control, to customize AppScan, from the Options dialog box in Tools > Options.

    • Web API Wizard extension

      This extension lets you scan using OpenAPI description files. It is available from Tools > Extensions > Web Services Wizard (OpenAPI), and the extension is enabled by default.

    • Scan Scheduler
    • User-Defined Tests
    • PowerTools

      AppScan offers access to five utilities (PowerTools), each providing a specific feature to help you manage your application security or to help you use AppScan.

    • Customizing the Tools menu
    • Extensions
      • Extension Manager

        The Extension Manager allows you to easily add, remove, enable, or disable extensions for use with AppScan.

      • Burp Traffic Importer

        This extension lets you import a collection of requests into AppScan as a BURP file. AppScan will use the requests to explore the site as if you had explored it manually yourself.

      • Import URLs

        This extension lets you import a list of URLs into AppScan as a text file. AppScan will explore these URLs as if you had explored them manually yourself.

      • PyScan

        Pyscan is an extension that enables you to control AppScan through Python.

    • Logs

      Logs can help you troubleshooting.

    • Searching Results

      You can filter the Result List in any of the views, for specific data.

  • Integrations

    This section describes integrations of other applications with AppScan Standard:

  • Best practices

    This section contains some best practices and use cases for advanced users.

  • FAQ & Troubleshooting
  • CLI

    This section describes the syntax and options available using the Command line interface.

  • References

    Menus and toolbar summaries, and glossary

PyScan

Pyscan is an extension that enables you to control AppScan through Python.

The PyScan GitHub repository can be found here: https://github.com/HCL-TECH-SOFTWARE/appscan-standard-pyscan

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