scan file is returning "Expecting JSON response from POST"

[flcdrg]

I'm trying to upload a file using vt scan file "C:\Users\david\Downloads\JetBrains.dotUltimate.2021.1.3.exe" -k xxxxxxx.

The file uploads and then I get the following:

C:\Users\david\Downloads\JetBrains.dotUltimate.2021.1.3.exe uploading... 99.1%

C:\Users\david\Downloads\JetBrains.dotUltimate.2021.1.3.exe scanning...

Expecting JSON response from POST https://www.virustotal.com/_ah/upload/really-long-url/

I assume the upload failed because when I search for the sha256 on the website, it doesn't find anything.

[plusvic]

Is the problem persistent? I mean, if you try again with the same file it keeps occurring? What's the size of the file?

[flcdrg]

I tried this on three different machines, two of which were cloud VMs. The file is around 1GB, so on the larger side Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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[plusvic]

I think that's the problem, VirusTotal can accept files around 650MB, but anything larger will fail.

[flcdrg]

So there's no way to submit >650MB files to VirusTotal?

It would be good to get that size limit documented - the v3 API docs don't mention one at all (though I believe the v2 ones did).

It would also be good to get a nicer error message in this case from the CLI too.

[plusvic]

Fixed in version 0.9.7. This version returns an error message when the file is larger than 650MB.