Request an IP address rescan (re-analyze)

post https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/ip_addresses/{id}/analyse

Reanalyse a file already in VirusTotal

IPs in VirusTotal can be reanalysed to refresh their verdicts, whois information, SSL certs, etc. This endpoint sends the IP to be scanned and returns an analysis ID that can be used to retrieve the verdicts from the available vendors using the Analyses endpoint.

{
    "data": {
        "type": "analysis",
        "id": "i-f41d931c01fcee6c19e73200aa87ea5d8a8de5316c5288a8df869d31efa1d0fc-1715609875",
        "links": {
            "self": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/analyses/i-f41d931c01fcee6c19e73200aa87ea5d8a8de5316c5288a8df869d31efa1d0fc-1715609875"
        }
    }
}

Responses

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curl --request POST \
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     --url https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/ip_addresses/id/analyse \
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     --header 'accept: application/json'

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