VirusTotal also provides scripting capabilities via its public API (https://www.virustotal.com/en/documentation/public-api/); it allows you to automate file submission, retrieve file/URL scan reports, and retrieve domain/IP reports.
The following is a Python script that demonstrates the use of VirusTotal's public API. This script takes the hash value (MD5/SHA1/SHA256) as input and queries the VirusTotal database. To use the following script, you need to use a Python 2.7.x version; you must be connected to the internet and must have a VirusTotal public API key (which can be obtained by signing up for a VirusTotal account). Once you have the API key, just update the api_key variable with ...
