VirusTotal · Schema
RetrohuntJobObject
A Retrohunt job — scans the VT corpus historically with a YARA ruleset.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Object identifier. |
| type | string | Object type discriminator. |
| links | object | Hypermedia links. |
| attributes | object | Type-specific attributes for RetrohuntJobObject. |
| relationships | object | Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virustotal/refs/heads/main/json-schema/RetrohuntJobObject-schema.json",
"title": "RetrohuntJobObject",
"description": "A Retrohunt job \u2014 scans the VT corpus historically with a YARA ruleset.",
"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": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"attributes": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Type-specific attributes for RetrohuntJobObject.",
"properties": {
"rules": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Raw YARA rule text."
},
"notification_email": {
"type": "string",
"format": "email"
},
"corpus": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"main",
"goodware"
],
"description": "Which corpus the retrohunt runs against."
},
"scanned_bytes": {
"type": "integer"
},
"num_matches": {
"type": "integer"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"queued",
"starting",
"running",
"aborting",
"aborted",
"finished"
]
},
"progress": {
"type": "number"
},
"eta_seconds": {
"type": "integer"
},
"creation_date": {
"type": "integer"
},
"start_date": {
"type": "integer"
},
"finish_date": {
"type": "integer"
},
"time_range": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "integer"
},
"end": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
}
}
},
"relationships": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"type",
"attributes"
]
}
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