Request	Value
Method	POST
URL	https://api.metadefender.com/v4/file/rescan
Throttled	Yes

Summary

Invoke rescan of an array of files.

By default will be set on the low priority queue.

Use Cases (used by)

MetaDefender Cloud rescan already scanned files

Request

Header Parameters

	Description	Allowed Values	Required
apikey	gives rights to use the endpoint (API Authentication Mechanisms)	apikey	YES
Content-Type	specify the http content type	application/json	YES
samplesharing	only working for paid users - allow file scans to be shared or not	0 / 1	NO

Body (payload)

	Format	Required	Example
HTTP Body	json	YES	`{` `"file_ids": ["54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72",` `"54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72",` `"e9a50107c3414aeca6d791de6fc742c2",` `"18856de8d0b94c05ae74fde67ce106f5"]` `}`

Response

HTTP Status Codes

Please refer to Status Codes for more information.

Body

Example of a successful rescan request:

[
    {
        "data_id": "bzE5MDIyN1N5OHhZcnkwWFVWSHlEZ1lCMTBYSTQ",
        "status": "inqueue",
        "in_queue": 1,
        "queue_priority": "normal",
        "file_id": "54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72"
    },
    {
        "data_id": "bzE5MDIyN0JKWXhZSDEwN0xOcjE1eFlIa1JtVTQ",
        "status": "inqueue",
        "in_queue": 1,
        "queue_priority": "normal",
        "file_id": "e9a50107c3414aeca6d791de6fc742c2"
    },
    {
        "data_id": "bzE5MDIyN0IxUnhZcjFDN0w0U0prV0Zya0FYVVY",
        "status": "inqueue",
        "in_queue": 1,
        "queue_priority": "normal",
        "file_id": "18856de8d0b94c05ae74fde67ce106f5"
    }
]

Example of a failed rescan request:

[
    {
        "file_id": "54fa9de940134850a72ecbf75c2dfe72",
        "code": 404007,
        "err": "Requested file id does not exist in our records",
        "status": 404
    }
]

Descriptions of response:

data_id	Used for retrieving scan results. Since multiple scans can potentially be performed for the same files when any engine has a different definition time or when there is an additional engine, this is the identifier for per-scan rather than per-file.
status	Status of the scan request. Value inqueue represents the state, when the scan is being queued for scanning.
in_queue	Counter representing the total numbers of files in the queue at the time of the request.
queue_priority	The priority of the file in scanning. Free users have normal priority, and paid users go to high.

Errors

Please refer to Errors for more information.

Sample code (Node.js)

var http = require("https");
 
var options = {
  "method": "POST",
  "hostname": [
    "api",
    "metadefender",
    "com"
  ],
  "path": [
    "v4",
    "file",
    "rescan"
  ],
  "headers": {
    "apikey": process.env.APIKEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  }
};
 
var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  var chunks = [];
 
  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });
 
  res.on("end", function () {
    var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});
 
req.write(JSON.stringify({ file_ids: 
   [ '54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72',
     '54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72',
     'e9a50107c3414aeca6d791de6fc742c2',
     '18856de8d0b94c05ae74fde67ce106f5' ] }));
req.end();

Sample code (cURL)

curl -X POST \
  https://api.metadefender.com/v4/file/rescan \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "apikey: ${APIKEY}" \
  -d '{ 
  "file_ids": ["54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72", "54fa9de940134850a72ecbf65c2dfe72", "e9a50107c3414aeca6d791de6fc742c2", "18856de8d0b94c05ae74fde67ce106f5"]
} '

2.4 Rescan multiple files