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Malware and Phishing URL Scanner API

The Malware & Phishing URL Scanner API empowers developers, cybersecurity platforms, and businesses to detect and block unsafe URLs in real time. By combining VirusTotal threat intelligence with local heuristics like WHOIS, SSL validation, domain age, and keyword analysis, it provides a comprehensive safety verdict for any URL.

Are you’re building a fraud detection system, email gateway, or web security tool?, this API gives you the confidence to stop phishing attempts, malicious redirects, and drive-by downloads before they cause harm.

The API caters to a wide range of programming languages, including but not limited to: C, Clojure, C#, GO, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Node.js, Objective-C, OCaml, PHP, PowerShell, Python, R, RapidQL, Ruby, Shell, and Swift.

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Introduction

API Overview

The Malware & Phishing URL Scanner API helps you detect, block, and prevent malicious or suspicious websites from compromising your systems. By leveraging VirusTotal threat intelligence alongside domain reputation checks, SSL validation, and keyword heuristics, it gives a trust score and safety verdict for any URL.

It’s the perfect tool for email providers, web security platforms, fintech apps, and developers looking to defend users from phishing scams, malware downloads, and fake websites.

Key Features:

✅ Real-Time Malware Detection – Scans URLs against 70+ antivirus and threat intelligence engines
✅ Phishing Prevention – Detects URLs commonly used for login theft and credential harvesting
✅ WHOIS Analysis – Flags newly registered or suspicious domains
✅ SSL/TLS Certificate Validation – Identifies expired or missing certificates used in fake sites
✅ Suspicious Keyword Detection – Finds risky patterns like bank, login, verify, or secure
✅ Fast Results with Caching – Frequently checked URLs are cached for quicker responses
✅ Supports GET & POST – Flexible integration for web apps, APIs, and backend systems

Additional Highlights:

🔹 Easy Integration – Works seamlessly with firewalls, mail filters, fraud prevention systems, and SIEM tools
🔹 Developer-Friendly JSON – Clean, structured output for quick adoption
🔹 RapidAPI Support – Authentication via x-rapidapi-key makes onboarding simple
🔹 Flexible Use Cases – Protects e-commerce platforms, SaaS apps, financial services, and enterprise systems
🔹 Scalable & Reliable – Handles both single URL checks and bulk scanning in security pipelines

Endpoints

/scan

Endpoints Overview

Analyze An IP Address

Scan a URL to detect malware, phishing, suspicious content, or other web-based threats. Returns a verdict, risk score, and details about detected issues (if any). Ideal for web gateways, email scanners, fraud prevention, and CI security checks.

Endpoint:

GET & POST: /scan

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	✅ Yes	The full URL to analyze (e.g. `https://suspicious-login.com`). For GET requests pass as query param; for POST include in JSON body.

Python Requests Example:

import requests
url = "https://malware-scanner-api.p.rapidapi.com/scan"
querystring = {"url": "https://suspicious-login.com"}
headers = {
"x-rapidapi-host": "malware-scanner-api.p.rapidapi.com",
"x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
print(response.json())

Response Example:

{
"analysis": {
"reason": "No suspicious indicators found",
"status": "safe"
},
"input": "https://google.com",
"success": true
}

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Malware and Phishing URL Scanner API

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Malware and Phishing URL Scanner API

Introduction

API Overview

Key Features:

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Endpoints

Endpoints Overview

Analyze An IP Address

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