VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Comments API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: VirusTotal API v3 - Access Control Access Control - Group Management IoC Investigation - Comments 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 - Comments
  description: IoC Investigation - Comments
paths:
  /comments:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: "This endpoint retrieves information about the latest comments added to Google Threat Intelligence.  \nYou can do some filtering over those comments, and get only those that contains a certain tag inside (e.g. filter=tag:malware).\n\n```json Response example\n{\n  \"meta\": {\n    \"cursor\": \"Cs8BChEKBGRhdGUSCQiCnsTiupvwAhK1AWoRc352aXJ1c3RvdGFsY2xvdWRynwELEgNVUkwiQDAxMTkxNTk0MmRiNTU2YmJhYjUxMzdmNzYxZWZlNjFmZWQyYjAwNTk4ZmVhOTAwMzYwYjgwMGIxOTNhN2JmMzEMCxIHQ29tbWVudCJJMDExOTE1OTQyZGI1NTZiYmFiNTEzN2Y3NjFlZmU2MWZlZDJiMDA1OThmZWE5MDAzNjBiODAwYjE5M2E3YmYzMS1kOTRkN2M4YQwYACAB\"\n  },\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"attributes\": {\n        \"votes\": {\n          \"positive\": 0,\n          \"abuse\": 0,\n          \"negative\": 0\n        },\n        \"tags\": [\n          \"_:api\",\n          \"_:public\",\n          \"aicc\",\n          \"monitorapp\",\n          \"malware\"\n        ],\n        \"text\": \"#aicc #monitorapp #malware\",\n        \"html\": \"#aicc #monitorapp #malware\",\n        \"date\": 1619424604\n      },\n      \"type\": \"comment\",\n      \"id\": \"u-011915942db556bbab5137f761efe61fed2b00598fea900360b800b193a7bf31-d94d7c8a\",\n      \"links\": {\n        \"self\": \"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/comments/u-011915942db556bbab5137f761efe61fed2b00598fea900360b800b193a7bf31-d94d7c8a\"\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"links\": {\n    \"self\": \"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/comments?filter=tag%3Amalware&limit=1\",\n    \"next\": \"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/comments?filter=tag%3Amalware&cursor=Cs8BChEKBGRhdGUSCQiCnsTiupvwAhK1AWoRc352aXJ1c3RvdGFsY2xvdWRynwELEgNVUkwiQDAxMTkxNTk0MmRiNTU2YmJhYjUxMzdmNzYxZWZlNjFmZWQyYjAwNTk4ZmVhOTAwMzYwYjgwMGIxOTNhN2JmMzEMCxIHQ29tbWVudCJJMDExOTE1OTQyZGI1NTZiYmFiNTEzN2Y3NjFlZmU2MWZlZDJiMDA1OThmZWE5MDAzNjBiODAwYjE5M2E3YmYzMS1kOTRkN2M4YQwYACAB&limit=1\"\n  }\n}\n```\n"
      operationId: getComments
      parameters:
      - description: Number of items to retrieve
        in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          default: 10
          format: int32
          type: integer
      - description: Filter returned elements
        in: query
        name: filter
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Continuation cursor
        in: query
        name: cursor
        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 Latest Comments
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /comments/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: VirusTotal Delete a Comment
      operationId: commentIdDelete
      parameters:
      - description: Comment 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 Delete a Comment
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: VirusTotal Get a Comment Object
      operationId: getComment
      parameters:
      - description: Relationship name (see [table](ref:comment-object#relationships))
        in: query
        name: relationships
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Comment 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 Comment Object
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /comments/{id}/relationships/{relationship}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: 'This endpoint is the same as [/comments/{id}/{relationship}](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/comments-relationships) except it returns just the related object''s IDs (and context attributes, if any) instead of returning all attributes.

        '
      operationId: commentsRelationshipsIds
      parameters:
      - description: Comment identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Relationship name (see [table](ref:comment-object#relationships))
        in: path
        name: relationship
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Maximum number of related objects to retrieve
        in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          default: '10'
          type: string
      - description: Continuation cursor
        in: query
        name: cursor
        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 a Comment
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /comments/{id}/vote:
    post:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: "```json Example response\n{\n    \"data\": {\n        \"abuse\": 0,\n        \"negative\": 0,\n        \"positive\": 1\n    }\n}\n```\n"
      operationId: voteComment
      parameters:
      - description: Comment ID
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                data:
                  description: Vote type. Can be either `positive`, `negative` or `abuse`
                  type: string
              required:
              - data
              type: object
      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 Add a Vote to a Comment
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /comments/{id}/{relationship}:
    get:
      tags:
      - IoC Investigation - Comments
      deprecated: false
      description: 'Comment objects are related to other objects in the Google Threat Intelligence dataset. As mentioned in the [Relationships](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/relationships) section, those related objects can be retrieved by sending `GET` requests to the relationships endpoint.


        All available relationships are documented in the [Comment](https://gtidocs.virustotal.com/reference/comment-object) API object page.

        '
      operationId: commentsRelationships
      parameters:
      - description: Comment identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Relationship name (see [table](ref:comment-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':
          description: Bad request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Object not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit or quota exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
      - VTApiKey: []
      summary: VirusTotal Get Objects Related to a Comment
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard VirusTotal API error envelope.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
          example: NotFoundError
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
          example: Resource not found
      required:
      - code
      - message
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response envelope returned by the VirusTotal API.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      required:
      - error
  securitySchemes:
    VTApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-apikey
      description: Personal VirusTotal / GTI API key. Found in the user menu of your VirusTotal account.