{"id":27514,"library":"virustotal3","title":"VirusTotal v3 API Python client","description":"A Python 3 implementation of the VirusTotal v3 API. Version 1.0.8 provides an object-oriented interface to the VirusTotal API, supporting files, URLs, domains, IPs, comments, and analyses. The library is in active development with a focus on ease of use.","status":"active","version":"1.0.8","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/tr4cefl0w/virustotal3.git","tags":["virus-total","api","security","malware-analysis"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install virustotal3","lang":"bash","label":"latest"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"","wrong":"","symbol":"Virustotal","correct":"from virustotal3 import Virustotal"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import os\nfrom virustotal3 import Virustotal\n\napi_key = os.environ.get('VT_API_KEY', 'your_api_key')\nvt = Virustotal(api_key)\ntry:\n    info = vt.get_file_info('275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f')\n    print(info)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    print(f'Error: {e}')","lang":"python","description":"Initialize the client and fetch file info by hash."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Export VT_API_KEY as an environment variable and pass it explicitly.","message":"API key must be provided as a string; the library does not load from environment variables automatically.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=1.0.0"},{"fix":"Use Python's concurrent.futures or asyncio with loop.run_in_executor.","message":"The library uses synchronous HTTP requests (requests library). It is not async-compatible; use threading or a separate executor for concurrent calls.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=1.0.0"},{"fix":"Consider chunked upload or increase timeout by modifying the underlying session (monkey-patch requests timeout).","message":"File upload for large files may exceed default request timeout. The library does not expose timeout parameters directly.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=1.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run 'pip install virustotal3' in the correct environment or use a virtual environment.","cause":"Library not installed or installed in a different Python environment.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virustotal3'"},{"fix":"Verify your API key is correct and has the required permissions. Use os.getenv('VT_API_KEY') to ensure it's set.","cause":"Invalid or missing API key, or the key does not have access to the requested resource.","error":"virustotal3.errors.VirusTotalAPIError: (403) Forbidden"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}