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Virustotal Analysis Object Structure
Virustotal Analysis Object Structure
An analysis (scan execution) tracking the lifecycle of a file or URL submission.
Type: object
Properties: 5
Required: 3
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AnalysisObject is a JSON Structure definition published by VirusTotal, describing 5 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
id
type
links
attributes
relationships
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virustotal/refs/heads/main/json-structure/virustotal-analysis-object-structure.json",
"name": "AnalysisObject",
"description": "An analysis (scan execution) tracking the lifecycle of a file or URL submission.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Object identifier."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Object type discriminator."
},
"links": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Hypermedia links.",
"properties": {
"self": {
"type": "uri"
}
}
},
"attributes": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Type-specific attributes for AnalysisObject.",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "Unix epoch when the analysis was created."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"queued",
"in-progress",
"completed"
],
"description": "Current analysis state."
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"harmless": {
"type": "int32"
},
"malicious": {
"type": "int32"
},
"suspicious": {
"type": "int32"
},
"undetected": {
"type": "int32"
},
"timeout": {
"type": "int32"
}
}
},
"results": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string"
},
"engine_name": {
"type": "string"
},
"engine_version": {
"type": "string"
},
"engine_update": {
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"type": "string"
},
"result": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
}
}
},
"relationships": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"type",
"attributes"
]
}
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