Example of an HTTP request to scan a block of memory

The following example shows an HTTP request to scan a block of memory:

POST /api/v3.0/scanmemory HTTP/1.0

Content-Type: application/octet-stream

Content-Length: 105

 

{

"timeout": "10000",

"object": "WDVPIVAlQEFQWzRcUFpYNTQoUF4pN0NDKTd9JEVJQ0FSLVNUQU5EQVJELUFOVElWSVJVUy1URVNULUZJTEUhJEgrSCo="

}

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 example 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 16:08:12 GMT

Content-Length: 72

 

{

"object": "memory",

"scanResult": "DETECTED",

"detectionName": "EICAR-Test-File"

}

For a description of all possible fields in the response body, see section "Format of a response to a scan POST request".

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