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Parameters

ParameterDescription
Analysed File’s SHA256The analysed file’s SHA256 identifier.

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Example Output

{
	"data": {
		"attributes": {
			"sha1": "7bae8076a5771865123be7112468b79e9d78a640",
			"magic": "ASCII text",
			"tags": [
				"text"
			],
			"exiftool": {
				"MIMEType": "text/plain",
				"LineCount": "1",
				"MIMEEncoding": "us-ascii",
				"FileTypeExtension": "txt",
				"FileType": "TXT",
				"WordCount": "1",
				"Newlines": "Unix LF"
			},
			"trid": [
				{
					"file_type": "file seems to be plain text/ASCII",
					"probability": 0.0
				}
			],
			"vhash": "9eecb7db59d16c80417c72d1e1f4fbf1",
			"sha256": "11a77c3d96c06974b53d7f40a577e6813739eb5c811b2a86f59038ea90add772",
			"ssdeep": "3:tdn:T",
			"md5": "e5828c564f71fea3a12dde8bd5d27063",
			"size": 5
		},
		"type": "private_file",
		"id": "11a77c3d96c06974b53d7f40a577e6813739eb5c811b2a86f59038ea90add772",
		"links": {
			"self": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/private/files/11a77c3d96c06974b53d7f40a577e6813739eb5c811b2a86f59038ea90add772"
		}
	}
}

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