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virustotal (version 0.3.0)

download_file: Download a file from VirusTotal

Description

Download a file from VirusTotal

Usage

download_file(hash = NULL, output_path = NULL, ...)

Value

Raw file content or saves file to specified path

Arguments

hash

File hash (MD5, SHA1, or SHA256)

output_path

Local path to save the downloaded file. Optional.

...

Additional arguments passed to virustotal_GET.

References

https://docs.virustotal.com/reference

See Also

set_key for setting the API key

Examples

Run this code
if (FALSE) {

# Before calling the function, set the API key using set_key('api_key_here')

download_file(hash='99017f6eebbac24f351415dd410d522d', 
              output_path='/tmp/downloaded_file')
}

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