README.md

In virustotal: R Client for the 'VirusTotal' API

virustotal: R Client for the VirusTotal Public API v3.0

Use VirusTotal, a Google service that analyzes files and URLs for viruses, worms, trojans etc., provides category of the content hosted by a domain from a variety of prominent services, provides passive DNS information, among other things.

This package provides comprehensive support for the VirusTotal API v3.0, which offers richer data including IoC relationships, sandbox dynamic analysis, static file information, YARA rules, and comprehensive threat intelligence.

API Rate Limits: - Public API: 500 requests/day, 4 requests/minute - Premium API: No daily or rate limitations

Supported Operations: - Files: Upload, scan, get reports, download, comments, votes, relationships - URLs: Submit for analysis, get reports, comments, votes, relationships - Domains: Get reports, comments, votes, relationships, WHOIS data - IP Addresses: Get reports, comments, votes, relationships, passive DNS

See https://www.virustotal.com for more information.

Installation

To get the current released version from CRAN:

install.packages("virustotal")

To get the current development version from GitHub:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("themains/virustotal", build_vignettes = TRUE)

Usage

To learn about how to use the package, read the vignette. Or launch the vignette within R:

# Using virustotal
vignette("using_virustotal", package = "virustotal")

License

Scripts are released under the MIT License.

virustotal documentation built on April 13, 2026, 9:07 a.m.