VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: VirusTotal API v3 - Access Control Access Control - Group Management IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations API
  version: '3.0'
  description: Manage users, groups, service accounts, API quotas, and overall account usage in VirusTotal / Google Threat Intelligence.
  contact:
    name: VirusTotal / Google Threat Intelligence
    url: https://docs.virustotal.com/reference/overview
  license:
    name: VirusTotal Terms of Service
    url: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/terms-of-service
  x-generated-from: https://storage.googleapis.com/gtidocresources/guides/GTI_API_v3_openapi_spec_10022025.json
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
servers:
- url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3
  description: VirusTotal / GTI API v3 production.
security:
- VTApiKey: []
tags:
- name: IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
  description: IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
paths:
  /analyses/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
      deprecated: false
      description: 'Returns an [Analysis](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/analyses-object) object.

        '
      operationId: analysis
      parameters:
      - description: Analysis identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '200'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '400'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get a URL / File Analysis
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /analyses/{id}/relationships/{relationship}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
      deprecated: false
      description: 'This endpoint is the same as [/analyses/{id}/{relationship}](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/analyses-get-objects) except it returns just the related object''s descriptors (ID and context attributes, if any) instead of returning all attributes.

        '
      operationId: analysesGetDescriptors
      parameters:
      - description: Analysis identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Relationship name (see [table](ref:analyses-object#relationships))
        in: path
        name: relationship
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '200'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '400'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get Object Descriptors Related to an Analysis
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /analyses/{id}/{relationship}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
      deprecated: false
      description: "As mentioned in the [Relationships](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/relationships) section, those related objects can be retrieved by sending `GET` requests to the relationship URL. \n\nAvailable relationships are described in the [analysis](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/analyses-object) object documentation.\n"
      operationId: analysesGetObjects
      parameters:
      - description: Analysis identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Relationship name (see [table](ref:analyses-object#relationships))
        in: path
        name: relationship
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '200'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '400'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get Objects Related to an Analysis
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /submission/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
      deprecated: false
      description: 'Returns a [Submission](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/submission-object) object.

        '
      operationId: getSubmission
      parameters:
      - description: Submission object ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '200'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '400'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get a Submission Object
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /operations/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
      deprecated: false
      description: 'Returns an [Operation](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/operation-object) object.

        '
      operationId: getOperationsId
      parameters:
      - description: Operation ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '200'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                properties: {}
                type: object
          description: '400'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get an Operation Object
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    VTApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-apikey
      description: Personal VirusTotal / GTI API key. Found in the user menu of your VirusTotal account.