API Authentication Mechanisms

> curl -X POST https://api.metadefender.com/v4/file -H 'apikey: $YOUR_API_KEY' -H 'filename: file.zip' -d @file_name.txt

> POST /v4/file HTTP/1.1

> Host: api.metadefender.com

> User-Agent: curl/7.52.1

> Accept: */*

> apikey: YOUR_API_KEY

> filename: file.zip

> Content-Length: 1859

> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

> Expect: 100-continue

> 

< HTTP/1.1 100 Continue

* We are completely uploaded and fine

< HTTP/1.1 200 OK

< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

< Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:47:45 GMT

< Vary: Accept-Encoding

< X-Authenticated: by apikey

< X-RateLimit-For: uploadFile

< X-RateLimit-Interval: 3600

< X-RateLimit-Limit: 100

< X-RateLimit-Remaining: 98

< X-RateLimit-Reset-In: 3294s

< X-RateLimit-Used: 1

< X-Response-Time: 123ms

< Content-Length: 122

< Connection: keep-alive

{

    "data_id": "bzIwMDcyN3NEZGpiUUJyOGI4YVBndzMzaHBa",

    "status": "inqueue",

    "in_queue": 1,

    "queue_priority": "normal",

    "sha1": "68686873C9252995D1C805946D8D5304E6BC2BD2",

    "sha256": "CF8DE586219B9CE7893846967A6219EAAA385F3C62290B771CFD15A84F257B63"

}

> curl -v -X POST https://api.metadefender.com/v4/file -H 'apikey: $NON_EXISTING_API_KEY' -H 'filename: file.zip' -H 'samplesharing: 0'

> POST /v4/file HTTP/1.1

> Host: api.metadefender.com

> User-Agent: curl/7.52.1

> Accept: */*

> apikey: NON_EXISTING_API_KEY

> filename: file.zip

> samplesharing: 0

> 

< HTTP/1.1 401 Invalid API key

< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

< Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:43:42 GMT

< Vary: Accept-Encoding

< Content-Length: 0

< Connection: keep-alive

< 

* Curl_http_done: called premature == 0

* Connection #0 to host api.metadefender.com left intact

{"error":{"code":401006,"messages":["Invalid API key"]}}