virustotal-api 1.1.2

Installation

$ pip install virustotal-api

Usage

import json
import hashlib
from virus_total_apis import PublicApi as VirusTotalPublicApi

API_KEY = 'Sign-Up for API Key at virustotal.com'

EICAR = "X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*"
EICAR_MD5 = hashlib.md5(EICAR).hexdigest()

vt = VirusTotalPublicApi(API_KEY)

response =  vt.get_file_report(EICAR_MD5)
print json.dumps(response, sort_keys=False, indent=4)

Output:

{
    "response_code": 200,
    "results": {
        "scan_id": "275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f-1397510237",
        "sha1": "3395856ce81f2b7382dee72602f798b642f14140",
        "resource": "44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f",
        "response_code": 1,
        "scan_date": "2014-04-14 21:17:17",
        "permalink": "https://www.virustotal.com/file/275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f/analysis/1397510237/",
        "verbose_msg": "Scan finished, scan information embedded in this object",
        "sha256": "275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f",
        "positives": 49,
        "total": 51,
        "md5": "44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f",
        "scans": {
            "Bkav": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "1.3.0.4959",
                "result": "DOS.EiracA.Trojan",
                "update": "20140412"
            },
            "MicroWorld-eScan": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "12.0.250.0",
                "result": "EICAR-Test-File",
                "update": "20140414"
            },
            "nProtect": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "2014-04-14.02",
                "result": "EICAR-Test-File",
                "update": "20140414"
            },
            ...<snip>...
            "AVG": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "13.0.0.3169",
                "result": "EICAR_Test",
                "update": "20140414"
            },
            "Panda": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "10.0.3.5",
                "result": "EICAR-AV-TEST-FILE",
                "update": "20140414"
            },
            "Qihoo-360": {
                "detected": true,
                "version": "1.0.0.1015",
                "result": "Trojan.Generic",
                "update": "20140414"
            }
        }
    }
}

Testing

To run the tests:

$ ./tests

Documentation

You’re looking at it.

Contributing

1. Fork it.

2. Create a branch (git checkout -b my_virus_total_api)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -am “Added Something Cool”)

4. Push to the branch (git push origin my_virus_total_api)

5. Open a [Pull Request](https://github.com/blacktop/virustotal-api/pulls)

6. Wait for me to figure out what the heck a pull request is…

Release History

1.1.2 (2016-04-13)

API Changes

• Re-adding the ability to use files from memory as well as from disk. (credit: @tweemeterjop)

1.1.1 (2016-03-13)

API Changes

• Adding file/url feed private API endpoint.

1.0.9 (2016-01-01)

Privacyfixes

• Fix scan_file (upload to VT), do not leak full path. (credit: @Rafiot)

1.0.8 (2014-12-26)

Bugfixes

• Fixed get_url_report method for the Private API (credit: @John-Lin)

1.0.7 (2014-10-17)

Bugfixes

• Fixed get_network_traffic method to return the pcap data (credit: adrianherrera)

1.0.6 (2014-09-22)

Bugfixes

• Fixed a small typo in the private API’s scan_file method (credit: adrianherrera)

1.0.5 (2014-05-18)

Bugfixes

• Fixing README.rst for better PYPI presentation.

1.0.2 (2014-05-18)

API Changes

• Changing folder structure so when people import it it is not dumb :(

1.0.1 (2014-04-14)

Bugfixes

• Trying to fix setup.py for deploying to PYPI.