virustotal (version 0.3.0)

rescan_file: Request rescan of a file

Description

Request a new analysis of a file already present in VirusTotal's database. Returns an analysis ID that can be used to retrieve the report using file_report.

Usage

rescan_file(hash = NULL, ...)

Value

list containing analysis details and ID

Arguments

hash

File hash (MD5, SHA1, or SHA256) or file ID. String. Required.

...

Additional arguments passed to virustotal_POST.

References

https://docs.virustotal.com/reference

See Also

set_key for setting the API key

Examples

if (FALSE) {

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

rescan_file(hash='99017f6eebbac24f351415dd410d522d')
}