Supported API methods in KAV protocol version 3

The following table lists the API methods that Kaspersky Scan Engine supports in HTTP mode when using KAV protocol version 3. The format of the requests does not depend on whether the client uses TCP or UNIX sockets for interaction with Kaspersky Scan Engine.

API methods supported in HTTP mode in KAV protocol version 3

API method	HTTP method	Format	Description
`/api/v3.0/scanfile` `/api/v3.1/scanfile`	POST	Request format	Scans a file. Use the `/api/v3.1/scanfile` API method to get more information about the scanning process.
`/api/v3.0/scanmemory` `/api/v3.1/scanmemory`	POST	Request format	Scans a block of system memory. Use the `/api/v3.1/scanmemory` API method to get more information about the scanning process. Use only the KAV_SKIP cleaning mode when scanning system memory. Kaspersky Scan Engine cannot disinfect or delete files in this mode.
`/api/v3.0/checkurl`	POST	Request format	Checks a URL.
`/api/v3.0/basesdate`	GET	Request format	Gets the release date of the anti-virus database. You can use this method to check whether `kavhttpd` is running.
`/api/v3.0/version`	GET	Request format	Gets the current version of KAV SDK. You can use this method to check whether `kavhttpd` is running.
`/api/v3.0/licenseinfo`	GET	Request format	Gets information about the current key file or activation code. You can use this method to check whether `kavhttpd` is running.
`/api/v3.0/getstatistics`	GET	Request format	Gets the accumulated statistics.
`/api/v3.0/clearstatistics`	POST	Request format	Clears the accumulated statistics.
`/api/v3.0/update/start`	POST	Request format	Updates the anti-virus database.
`/api/v3.0/update/status` `/api/v3.1/update/status`	GET	Request format	Gets the status of the database update process. Use the `/api/v3.1/update/status` API method to get more information about the database update process.
`/api/v3.1/ksninfo`	GET	Request format	Gets the information about KSN.

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