MalShare API

Anti-malware / API Key Intermediate HTTPS

69 C

Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

MalShare is a free community-driven repository of malware samples that security researchers upload and share for analysis. You can search for samples by hash, download files, and retrieve daily feed lists of new malware. It is useful for threat intelligence workflows where you need to verify if a file hash is known malware.

Beginner Tip

Register for a free API key at malshare.com. Most operations use GET requests with ?api_key= and &action= parameters — the action parameter controls what the endpoint returns.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

stock price and symbol

open/close/high/low values

trading volume

market cap

historical price data

Use case: Integrate malware archive / file sourcing data into web and mobile applications

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

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

Field Reference

MD5 MD5 hash of the malware sample

SHA1 SHA1 hash of the malware sample

SHA256 SHA256 hash of the malware sample, the most reliable identifier

SSDEEP Fuzzy hash used to find similar samples even when files differ slightly

F_TYPE Detected file type, e.g. PE32 for Windows executables

SOURCES List of URLs where this sample was originally found or downloaded from

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://malshare.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

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

"Error: Unknown action" The action parameter value is misspelled or not supported

✓ Use exact action names from the docs such as getlist, details, or getsamplelist — they are case-sensitive

"Error: Sample not found" The hash you queried does not exist in the MalShare database

✓ Double-check the MD5, SHA1, or SHA256 hash; MalShare only contains samples that have been submitted by researchers

429 Too Many Requests Free tier is limited to 2,000 API calls per day

✓ Cache results locally and avoid re-querying the same hashes; apply for an elevated quota if needed

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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