Update an IoC collection

This endpoint allows updating an IoC collection's attributes (such as name or description) and adding new elements to the IoC collection by using a raw text.

The following request body shows an example of how to update an IoC collection's name and add new IOCs to it by using a raw text:

{
	"data": {
		"attributes": {
			"name": "Updating the name"
		},
		"raw_items": "This is a text containing a IoC, www.virustotal.com",
		"type": "collection"
	}
}

Examples

Change the name and description of a private IoC collection.

import requests

object_id = "bd4dbd7a189ca9a31cb1b0bdbe64aaba6aa1454ddcfde707518b811d2bc5b363"
url = f"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/collections/{object_id}"
payload = { "data": 
	{
        "type": "collection",
        "attributes":
        {
            "name": "New name",
            "description": "New description."
        }
    }
}
headers = {
    "accept": "application/json","x-apikey": <api-key>,"content-type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

Make public a private IoC collection.

import requests

object_id = "bd4dbd7a189ca9a31cb1b0bdbe64aaba6aa1454ddcfde707518b811d2bc5b363"
url = f"https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/collections/{object_id}"
payload = { "data": 
	{
        "type": "collection",
        "attributes":
        {
            "private": False
        }
    }
}
headers = {
    "accept": "application/json","x-apikey": <api-key>,"content-type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)