Manage Vendors

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The following guides in this section are for fetching and managing data for any vendors in Vanta using the Vanta API.

The guides in this section are for managing all aspects related to Vendors.

Vanta's Vendor API endpoints allow you to programmatically interact with your vendor inventory—creating vendors, attaching documentation, querying findings, retrieving review statuses, and more. Whether you're building automated procurement workflows or compiling custom security review reports, these endpoints are designed to help you achieve more with less friction.

In this section, you'll learn about a few of the workflows supported by the API, such as how to:

• Create vendors and attach documentation
• Use Custom Fields with Vendors

All vendor-related endpoints can be found here.

FAQ

What if the user sets a vendor category and data attributes at the same time?

• We apply the vendor category
• We wipe out all of the attributes associated with the vendor category
• We apply the data attributes the user sent in

NOTE: this is different than the UI where we maintain a combination of vendor category attributes and user applied data attributes

Can users start security reviews from the API?

• When a user creates a vendor via the API a security review will be created if the vendor requires one
• Users would need to actually start the review from the UI