Scanii API

Anti-malware / API Key Intermediate HTTPS CORS

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Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

Scanii is a cloud-based malware scanning API that accepts file uploads and returns a verdict on whether the file contains threats. It supports documents, images, archives, and executables, making it practical for user upload pipelines on web applications. Beginners can use it to prevent malicious files from being stored on their servers.

Beginner Tip

Sign up at scanii.com for a free trial key. Authenticate using HTTP Basic Auth with your API key as the username and an empty string as the password — do not put the key in a header.

Available Data

Scanii data via REST API

Example Response

JSON Response

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "safe": true,
  "threat_level": "none",
  "categories": [
    "clean"
  ],
  "scan_date": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}

Field Reference

id Unique identifier for this scan job; use it to retrieve results for async scans

status Scan status: pending for async processing, done when complete

findings List of threat names detected in the file; empty array means no threats found

content_type MIME type of the scanned file as detected by Scanii

content_length Size of the scanned file in bytes

creation_date ISO 8601 timestamp when the scan was created

Implementation Example

Request

const url = "https://docs.scanii.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

401 Unauthorized API credentials are missing or the Basic Auth format is incorrect

✓ Use -u "YOUR_API_KEY:" in curl (note the colon with no password); in code, set username to your key and password to empty string

413 Payload Too Large The uploaded file exceeds the maximum allowed size for your plan

✓ Check your plan limits at scanii.com; free tier supports files up to 20 MB

pending status in response Large files are processed asynchronously and are not immediately ready

✓ Use the id from the initial response to poll GET /v2.1/files/{id} until the status changes from pending to done

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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