Download a file from VirusTotal — download_file • virustotal

Download a file from VirusTotal

download_file(hash = NULL, output_path = NULL, ...)

Arguments

hash: File hash (MD5, SHA1, or SHA256)
output_path: Local path to save the downloaded file. Optional.
...: Additional arguments passed to virustotal_GET.

Value

Raw file content or saves file to specified path

References

https://docs.virustotal.com/reference

See also

set_key for setting the API key

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{

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

download_file(hash='99017f6eebbac24f351415dd410d522d', 
              output_path='/tmp/downloaded_file')
} # }