Protocol version 3.0
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" } |
In the object field, only one object can be specified.
See also the description of all possible fields in the request body and recommendations on how to increase 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": "DETECT", "detectionName": "EICAR-Test-File" } |
See also the description of all possible fields in the response body.
Protocol version 3.1
The format of the request is the same, but the response has additional fields.
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