
Notice that the returned data usually follows a hierarchical structure, with some top-level fields that may contain subfields which in turn can contain their own subfields. This is not strictly necessary, as you can provide your API key every time you invoke the tool by using the -apikey option ( -k in short form), but that’s a bit of a hassle if you are going to use the tool frequently (and we bet you’ll do!).

Once you have installed the vt-cli tool you may want to configure it with your API key. In order to take advantage of auto-completion make sure to include the bash-completion package while installing Cygwin. Additionally, you can benefit of Cygwin’s support for command auto-completion, a handy feature that Window’s console doesn’t offer. The Windows’s console is very slow when printing large amounts of text (as vt-cli usually does) while Cygwin performs much better. If you plan to use vt-cli in Windows on a regular basis we highly recommend you to avoid the standard Windows’s console and use Cygwin instead. For compiling the program you’ll need Go 1.14.x or higher installed in your system and type the following commands:
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Installing the toolįor installing the tool you can download one the pre-compiled binaries we offer for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, or alternatively you can compile it yourself from source code. If you are interested in using those premium features please contact us.
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By signing-up with VirusTotal you will receive a free API key, however free API keys have a limited amount of requests per minute, and they don’t have access to some premium features like searches and file downloads.
