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updatedAt: 2026-09-24T13:15:49.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://gtidocs.readme.io/llms.txt
---

# Request a domain (re)scan

> 🚧 IoC scanning and dataset inclusion
>
> Any IoC submitted or queried via the API will be scanned and added to the Google Threat Intelligence dataset, making it accessible to the community. Do not submit or query indicators containing sensitive, confidential, or personally identifiable information (PII).

This endpoint can be used to analyse domains or reanalyse them to refresh their verdicts, whois information, SSL certs, etc. This endpoint sends the domain to be (re)scanned and returns an analysis ID that can be used to retrieve the verdicts from the available vendors using the [Analyses](https://gtidocs.readme.io/reference/analysis) endpoint.

```json Example response
{
    "data": {
        "type": "analysis",
        "id": "d-f4e5279ebbcf9d485e33f3c67007b73e9f12d54bbca875545819a2307a194752-1715608490",
        "links": {
            "self": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/analyses/d-f4e5279ebbcf9d485e33f3c67007b73e9f12d54bbca875545819a2307a194752-1715608490"
        }
    }
}
```

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "info": {
    "title": "IoC Investigation",
    "version": "3.0"
  },
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Domains & Resolutions"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/domains/{domain}/analyse": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Domains & Resolutions"
        ],
        "deprecated": false,
        "description": "",
        "operationId": "domains-rescan",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "Domain name",
            "in": "path",
            "name": "domain",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          {
            "description": "Your API key",
            "in": "header",
            "name": "x-apikey",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "properties": {},
                  "type": "object"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "200"
          },
          "400": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "properties": {},
                  "type": "object"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "400"
          }
        },
        "security": [],
        "summary": "Request an domain rescan"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [],
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3"
    }
  ],
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "headers": [],
    "proxy-enabled": false,
    "samples-enabled": true
  }
}
```