This pattern is useful when VirusTotal lookups are part of an application or automation service.

It is adapted from VirusTotalAnalyzer.Examples/GetFileReportExample.cs.

Example

using VirusTotalAnalyzer;

var apiKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("VT_API_KEY");
using IVirusTotalClient client = VirusTotalClient.Create(apiKey);

var report = await client.GetFileReportAsync("44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f");

Console.WriteLine(report?.Id);

What this demonstrates

• using the .NET client directly
• keeping the API key out of source
• starting with a known public test hash

Source

• GetFileReportExample.cs