virustotal: R Client for the VirusTotal API

Provides a comprehensive R interface to the VirusTotal API (v2 and v3), 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, and comment/voting systems. Implements rate limiting, error handling, and response validation for robust security analysis workflows.

Version:	0.5.0
Depends:	R (≥ 4.0.0)
Imports:	httr (≥ 1.4.0), dplyr (≥ 1.0.0), base64enc (≥ 0.1-3), jsonlite (≥ 1.7.0), checkmate (≥ 2.0.0), rlang (≥ 1.0.0)
Suggests:	knitr (≥ 1.30), rmarkdown (≥ 2.0), testthat (≥ 3.0.0), lintr (≥ 3.0.0), httptest (≥ 4.0.0), covr, pkgdown, spelling
Published:	2025-12-16
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/, http://themains.github.io/virustotal/
NeedsCompilation:	no
Language:	en-US
Citation:	virustotal citation info
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	virustotal results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	virustotal.html , virustotal.pdf
Vignettes:	Using virustotal (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	virustotal_0.5.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: virustotal_0.5.0.zip, r-release: virustotal_0.5.0.zip, r-oldrel: virustotal_0.5.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): virustotal_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): virustotal_0.5.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): virustotal_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): virustotal_0.5.0.tgz
Old sources:	virustotal archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:

rdomains

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