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API Reference — Performing Malware Hash Enrichment with VirusTotal

Libraries Used

  • requests: HTTP client for VirusTotal API v3
  • hashlib: Local file hash calculation (MD5, SHA1, SHA256)

CLI Interface

python agent.py --api-key <key> lookup --hash <sha256>
python agent.py --api-key <key> bulk --hashes <h1> <h2> [--rate-limit 4]
python agent.py --api-key <key> behavior --hash <sha256>
python agent.py hash-file --file <path>

VirusTotalClient API Calls

get_file_report(file_hash)

Endpoint: GET /api/v3/files/{hash} Returns: detection ratio, file type, tags, threat classification.

get_file_behavior(file_hash)

Endpoint: GET /api/v3/files/{hash}/behaviours Returns: sandbox results (processes, files, registry, DNS, HTTP).

Rate Limiting

Free tier: 4 requests/minute. Agent auto-sleeps after each batch of 4.

Dependencies

pip install requests