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VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Livehunt API

YARA Hunting - Livehunt

VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Livehunt API is one of 35 APIs that VirusTotal publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include YARA Hunting - Livehunt. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 17 operations across 10 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3.

17 operations 10 paths 3 schemas 5 DELETE8 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

VirusTotal YARA Hunting - Livehunt API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-apikey (VTApiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • VTApiKey — Personal VirusTotal / GTI API key. Found in the user menu of your VirusTotal account.

Paths & Operations 17

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 17 operations — 5 DELETE, 8 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

YARA Hunting - Livehunt 17

YARA Hunting - Livehunt

GET
/intelligence/hunting_notification_files
VirusTotal Retrieve File Objects for Livehunt Notifications
huntingNotificationFiles 4 params → 200400
DELETE
/intelligence/hunting_notifications
VirusTotal Delete Livehunt Notifications
deleteHuntingNotifications 1 param → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_notifications
VirusTotal Get Livehunt Notifications
listHuntingNotifications 4 params → 200400
DELETE
/intelligence/hunting_notifications/{id}
VirusTotal Delete a Livehunt Notification
deleteHuntingNotification 1 param → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_notifications/{id}
VirusTotal Get a Livehunt Notification Object
getHuntingNotification 1 param → 200400
DELETE
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets
VirusTotal Remove All Livehunt Rulesets
deleteAllHuntingRulesets 1 param → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets
VirusTotal Get Livehunt Rulesets
listHuntingRulesets 4 params → 200400
POST
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets
VirusTotal Create a New Livehunt Ruleset
createHuntingRuleset body → 200400401404429
DELETE
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}
VirusTotal Delete a Livehunt Ruleset
deleteHuntingRuleset 1 param → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}
VirusTotal Get a Livehunt Ruleset
getHuntingRuleset 1 param → 200400
PATCH
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}
VirusTotal Update a Livehunt Ruleset
modifyHuntingRuleset 1 param body → 200400
POST
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/relationships/editors
VirusTotal Grant Livehunt Ruleset Edit Permissions for a User or Group
editHuntingRulesetRelationship 1 param body → 200400
DELETE
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/relationships/editors/{user_or_group_id}
VirusTotal Revoke Livehunt Ruleset Edit Permission from a User or Group
deleteHuntingRulesetEditor 2 params → 200400401404429
GET
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/relationships/editors/{user_or_group_id}
VirusTotal Check if a User or Group is a Livehunt Ruleset Editor
checkUserHuntingRulesetEditor 2 params → 200400401404429
POST
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/relationships/owner
VirusTotal Transfer Livehunt Ruleset to Another User
transferLivehuntRulesetToAnotherUser 1 param body → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/relationships/{relationship}
VirusTotal Get Object Descriptors Related to a Livehunt Ruleset
getHuntingRulesetRelationship 2 params → 200400
GET
/intelligence/hunting_rulesets/{id}/{relationship}
VirusTotal Get Objects Related to a Livehunt Ruleset
getHuntingRulesetFullRelationships 2 params → 200400

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataEnvelope (3 properties), Error (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataEnvelope
object
Successful response envelope. The shape of data depends on the endpoint.
3 properties 1 required
Error
object
Standard VirusTotal API error envelope.
2 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
Error response envelope returned by the VirusTotal API.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

virustotal-yara-hunting-livehunt-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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