virustotal: R Client for the 'VirusTotal' API
Provides a comprehensive R interface to the 'VirusTotal' API v3.0
<https://docs.virustotal.com/>, a Google service that analyzes files and
URLs for viruses, worms, trojans and other malware. Features include
file/URL scanning, domain categorization, passive DNS information, IP
reputation analysis, IoC relationships, sandbox analysis, and
comment/voting systems. Implements rate limiting, error handling, and
response validation for robust security analysis workflows.
| Version: |
0.7.1 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: |
httr2 (≥ 1.2.2), curl, openssl, jsonlite (≥ 1.7.0), checkmate (≥ 2.0.0), checkstring (≥ 0.2.1), rlang (≥ 1.0.0) |
| Suggests: |
knitr (≥ 1.30), rmarkdown (≥ 2.0), testthat (≥ 3.2.1), httptest2 (≥ 1.0.0), covr, pkgdown, spelling, withr, webfakes |
| Published: |
2026-11-06 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.virustotal |
| Author: |
Gaurav Sood [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: |
Gaurav Sood <gsood07 at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/themains/virustotal/issues |
| License: |
MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: |
https://github.com/themains/virustotal,
https://themains.github.io/virustotal/ |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Language: |
en-US |
| Citation: |
virustotal citation info |
| Materials: |
README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: |
virustotal results |
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