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	Description
`/api/v3.0/scanfile`	POST	Scans a file.
`/api/v3.0/scanmemory`	POST	Scans a block of system memory. 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	Checks a URL.
`/api/v3.0/basesdate`	GET	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	Gets the current version of KAV SDK. You can use this method to check whether `kavhttpd` is running.
`/api/v3.0/licenseinfo`	GET	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	Gets the accumulated statistics.
`/api/v3.0/clearstatistics`	POST	Clears the accumulated statistics.
`/api/v3.0/update/start`	POST	Updates the anti-virus database.
`/api/v3.0/update/status`	GET	Gets the status of the database update process.

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