VirusTotal
VirusTotal — the Google-owned (since 2012) threat intelligence platform that aggregates anti-malware engines and URL scanners to analyse files, URLs, IP addresses, and domains. The v3 API surfaces seven major areas: Access Control, IoC Feeds, IoC Investigation, Private Scanning, Threat Graphs, Threat Landscape & Vulnerability Intelligence, and YARA Hunting (Livehunt, Retrohunt, IoC Stream). Now also branded "Google Threat Intelligence" (GTI) for Enterprise customers, integrating Mandiant intelligence, Digital Threat Monitoring (DTM), and Attack Surface Management (ASM).
VirusTotal publishes 33 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Access Control - Group Management API, Access Control - Quota Management API, Access Control - Service Account Management API, and 30 more. Tagged areas include Anti-Malware, Threat Intelligence, Security, File Analysis, and URL Analysis.
The VirusTotal catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
VirusTotal’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, engineering blog, CLI, tooling, and 30 more developer resources.
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APIs 35
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Google Threat Intelligence - Attack Surface Management (ASM)
Enterprise add-on (formerly Mandiant Advantage ASM). Discovers and monitors an organisation's external attack surface, scoring exposures and prioritising remediation.
Google Threat Intelligence - Digital Threat Monitoring (DTM)
Enterprise add-on (formerly Mandiant Advantage DTM). Monitors the open, deep, and dark web for credential leaks, brand abuse, and adversary chatter referencing the customer.
VirusTotal Access Control - Group Management API
Access Control - Group Management
VirusTotal Access Control - Quota Management API
Access Control - Quota Management
VirusTotal Access Control - Service Account Management API
Access Control - Service Account Management
VirusTotal Access Control - User Management API
Access Control - User Management
VirusTotal IoC Feeds - Domain intelligence feed API
IoC Feeds - Domain intelligence feed
VirusTotal IoC Feeds - File intelligence feed API
IoC Feeds - File intelligence feed
VirusTotal IoC Feeds - IP intelligence feed API
IoC Feeds - IP intelligence feed
VirusTotal IoC Feeds - Sandbox analyses feed API
IoC Feeds - Sandbox analyses feed
VirusTotal IoC Feeds - URL intelligence feed API
IoC Feeds - URL intelligence feed
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations API
IoC Investigation - Analyses, Submissions & Operations
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Attack Tactics API
IoC Investigation - Attack Tactics
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Attack Techniques API
IoC Investigation - Attack Techniques
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Comments API
IoC Investigation - Comments
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Domains & Resolutions API
IoC Investigation - Domains & Resolutions
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Files API
IoC Investigation - Files
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Files Behaviours API
IoC Investigation - Files Behaviours
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - IP addresses API
IoC Investigation - IP addresses
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Popular Threat Categories API
IoC Investigation - Popular Threat Categories
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Search & Metadata API
IoC Investigation - Search & Metadata
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - URLs API
IoC Investigation - URLs
VirusTotal IoC Investigation - Zipping files API
IoC Investigation - Zipping files
VirusTotal Private Scanning - Analyses API
Private Scanning - Analyses
VirusTotal Private Scanning - Files API
Private Scanning - Files
VirusTotal Private Scanning - Files Behaviours API
Private Scanning - Files Behaviours
VirusTotal Private Scanning - URLs API
Private Scanning - URLs
VirusTotal Private Scanning - Zipping files API
Private Scanning - Zipping files
VirusTotal Threat Graphs API
Threat Graphs
VirusTotal Threat Graphs Permissions & ACL API
Threat Graphs Permissions & ACL
VirusTotal Threat Landscape & Vulnerability Intelligence & Reports & Analysis API
Threat Landscape & Vulnerability Intelligence & Reports & Analysis
VirusTotal YARA Hunting - IoC Stream API
YARA Hunting - IoC Stream
VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Livehunt API
YARA Hunting - Livehunt
VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Retrohunt API
YARA Hunting - Retrohunt
VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Rules API
YARA Hunting - Rules
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Open Collections 7
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
VirusTotal API v3 - Access Control
OPEN COLLECTIONVirusTotal API v3 - IoC Feeds
OPEN COLLECTIONVirusTotal API v3 - IoC Investigation
OPEN COLLECTIONVirusTotal API v3 - Private Scanning
OPEN COLLECTIONVirusTotal API v3 - Threat Graphs
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Virustotal Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Virustotal Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Virustotal Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
VirusTotal API Rules
SPECTRALVirusTotal API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 19
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AnalysisObject
JSON SCHEMAAttackTacticObject
JSON SCHEMAAttackTechniqueObject
JSON SCHEMACollectionObject
JSON SCHEMACommentObject
JSON SCHEMADomainObject
JSON SCHEMAFileBehaviourObject
JSON SCHEMAFileObject
JSON SCHEMAGraphObject
JSON SCHEMAGroupObject
JSON SCHEMAIocStreamNotificationObject
JSON SCHEMAIpAddressObject
JSON SCHEMALivehuntRulesetObject
JSON SCHEMAPopularThreatCategoryObject
JSON SCHEMARetrohuntJobObject
JSON SCHEMAUrlObject
JSON SCHEMAUserObject
JSON SCHEMAVoteObject
JSON SCHEMAYaraRuleObject
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JSON Structure 19
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Virustotal Analysis Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Attack Tactic Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Attack Technique Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Collection Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Comment Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Domain Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal File Behaviour Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal File Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Graph Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Group Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Ioc Stream Notification Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Ip Address Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Livehunt Ruleset Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Popular Threat Category Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Retrohunt Job Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Url Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal User Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Vote Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVirustotal Yara Rule Object Structure
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Examples 19
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Documentation 5
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 18
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type