rescan_ip: Request rescan of an IP address

In virustotal: R Client for the 'VirusTotal' API

Request rescan of an IP address

Description

Request a new analysis of an IP address already in VirusTotal's database. Returns an analysis ID for use with ip_report.

Usage

rescan_ip(ip = NULL, ...)

Arguments

ip	IP address to rescan (IPv4 or IPv6). Required.
...	Additional arguments passed to virustotal_POST.

Value

list containing analysis details and ID

References

https://docs.virustotal.com/reference

See Also

set_key for setting the API key, ip_report for getting reports

Examples

## Not run: 

# Before calling the function, set the API key using set_key('api_key_here')

# Request rescan of an IPv4 address
rescan_ip("8.8.8.8")

# Request rescan of an IPv6 address
rescan_ip("2001:4860:4860::8888")

## End(Not run)

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