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This API endpoint is limited to 50 requests per day. Please use it with caution!

To analyze disassembled or decompiled code, use this endpoint. It requires the input code Base64-encoded and returns a Base64-encoded description of the functionality, focusing on aspects relevant to malware analysis.

"data": {
    "code": "<_string_> Code block in Base64",
    "code_type": "<_string_> Whether the code is `disassembled` or `decompiled`"
}

This endpoint can be used as well to query code blocks, chaining previous analyses with modifications or corrections made by the analyst as follows:

"data": {
    "code": "<_string_> Code block in Base64",
    "code_type": "<_string_> Whether the code is `disassembled` or `decompiled`"
    "history": [
        {
            "request": "<_string_> Same or related code block in Base64",
            "response": {
                "summary":"<_string_> The summary explanation provided by Code Insights in a previous analysis of the same or related code block, which is used as context for the new analysis",
                "description":"<_string_> Remarks made by the human analyst related to this previous analysis",
            },
        },
        {
            "request": "<_string_> Same or related code block in Base64",
            "response": {
                "summary": "<_string_> The summary explanation provided by Code Insights in a previous analysis of the same or related code block, which is used as context for the new analysis",
                "description": "<_string_> Remarks made by the human analyst related to this previous analysis",
            }
        }
    ]
}

Examples

import requests
import base64

decompiled_code = '''int create_persistence_entry(char *path_to_malware)
{
    HKEY hKey;
    DWORD result;
    result = RegOpenKeyExA(
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
        "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",
        0,
        KEY_SET_VALUE,
        &hKey
    );

    if (result == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
        result = RegSetValueExA(
            hKey,
            "MalwareEntry",
            0,
            REG_SZ,
            (const BYTE *)path_to_malware,
            (strlen(path_to_malware) + 1) * sizeof(char)
        );
        
        RegCloseKey(hKey);
    }
    return result;
}'''
code_b64 = base64.b64encode(decompiled_code.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')

url = f"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/codeinsights/analyse-binary"
payload =  { "data": {
        'code': code_b64,
        'code_type': 'decompiled'
    } 
  }
headers = {"accept": "application/json","x-apikey": <api-key>,"content-type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:
  print(base64.b64decode(response.json()["data"]).decode('utf-8'))