Kaspersky Scan Engine
- About Kaspersky Scan Engine
- Getting started with Kaspersky Scan Engine
- Installing Kaspersky Scan Engine
- Using Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode
- Kaspersky Scan Engine and HTTP mode
- Configuring Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode
- HTTP mode configuration file
- Configuring Format Recognizer
- Recognizable file formats
- Setting up the connection queue in HTTP mode
- Setting the session timeout
- Changing variables in the HTTP mode init script (Linux)
- Changing variables in the HTTP mode unit file (Linux)
- Configuring updating in HTTP mode
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode manually
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode with init script (Linux)
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode with systemd unit file (Linux)
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode as service (Windows)
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode with a BAT script (Windows)
- Monitoring Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode
- Making requests in HTTP mode
- About KAV protocol
- Making requests in HTTP mode via KAV protocol version 3
- Supported API methods in KAV protocol version 3
- Format of a scan POST request
- Format of a response to a scan POST request
- Increasing the detection rate
- Example of an HTTP request to scan a local file
- Example of an HTTP request to scan a block of memory
- Example of an HTTP request to check a URL
- Example of an HTTP request to get the release date of the anti-virus database
- Example of an HTTP request to get the current KAV SDK version
- Example of an HTTP request to get licensing information
- Example of an HTTP request to get accumulated statistics
- Example of an HTTP request to clear accumulated statistics
- Example of an HTTP request to update the anti-virus database
- Example of an HTTP request to get the database update status
- Making requests in HTTP mode via KAV protocol versions 1 and 2
- Supported API methods in KAV protocol versions 1 and 2
- Request headers
- Example of an HTTP request to scan a local file
- Example of an HTTP request to scan a block of memory
- Example of a multipart HTTP request to scan a block of memory
- Example of an HTTP request to check a URL
- Example of an HTTP request to get the release date of the anti-virus database
- Example of an HTTP request to get the current KAV SDK version
- Example of an HTTP request to get licensing information
- Example of an HTTP request to get accumulated statistics
- Example of an HTTP request to clear accumulated statistics
- Using the sample HTTP client
- Using a proxy server
- Updating the anti-virus database in HTTP mode
- Logging in HTTP mode
- Building executable files for the HTTP service and the HTTP client
- Using Kaspersky Scan Engine in ICAP mode
- Kaspersky Scan Engine and ICAP mode
- Configuring Kaspersky Scan Engine in ICAP mode
- Running Kaspersky Scan Engine in ICAP mode
- Updating the anti-virus database in ICAP mode
- Getting accumulated statistics in ICAP mode
- Using Kaspersky Scan Engine in ICAP mode with Squid
- Logging in ICAP mode
- Building executable files for Kaspersky Scan Engine used in ICAP mode
- Using Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI
- Manually editing Kaspersky Scan Engine configuration file
- Verifying virus detection capabilities
- Logging
- Boosting performance of Kaspersky Scan Engine
- Uninstalling Kaspersky Scan Engine
- Using the password utility
- Using the encrypting utility
- Licensing
- Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI and SSL certificates
- Troubleshooting
- Data transferred to Kaspersky Lab
- Contacting Technical Support
- Information about third-party code
- Trademark notices
- Copyright
Using Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode > Making requests in HTTP mode > Making requests in HTTP mode via KAV protocol version 3 > Example of an HTTP request to scan a local file
Example of an HTTP request to scan a local file
Example of an HTTP request to scan a local file
The following example shows an HTTP request to scan a local file:
POST /api/v3.0/scanfile HTTP/1.0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Length: 22
{ "timeout": "10000", "object": "\/home\/user\/eicar" } |
For a description of all possible fields in the request body, see section "Format of a scan POST request". For recommendations on how to increase the detection rate, see section "Increasing the detection rate".
The following block shows the corresponding response:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK Connection: close Content-Type: text/plain Server: KAVHTTPD/1.0 X-KAV-ProtocolVersion: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:46:29 GMT Content-Length: 75
{ "object": "\/home\/user\/eicar", "scanResult": "DETECTED", "detectionName": "EICAR-Test-File" } |
For description of all possible fields in the response body, see section "Format of a response to a scan POST request".
Article ID: 181041, Last review: Aug 28, 2024