Get Antivirus Definition Release Date

Base URL

https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=get_av_definition_release_date

Description

Given an antivirus product ID and a definition version, returns the date and time a definition was released.

Parameters

Required parameters

Add required parameters immediately after the base URL.

https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=get_av_definition_release_date&required_parameters={parameter-value}

Parameter	Description	Type	Options	Default
product	Antivirus product ID as returned by the list_supported_av_products call in the id field. For example: id = mcafee	string	0	0
version	Antivirus definition version as returned by the list_supported_av_products call in the versionfield.	string	0	0

Parameter

Description

Type

Options

Default

product

Antivirus product ID as returned by the list_supported_av_products call in the id field.

For example: id = mcafee

string

version

Antivirus definition version as returned by the list_supported_av_products call in the versionfield.

string

Optional parameters

Add optional parameters after the required parameters in the base URL.

https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=get_av_definition_release_date&required_parameters={parameter-value}&optional_parameters={parameter-value}

Parameter	Description	Type	Options	Default
describe	Optional. Returns a description of the entered call, the available parameters, an example of its output, and returned fields with descriptions.	boolean	true	0

Determine parameter values

Use the following associated service calls to determine parameter values.

Parameter	Call	URL Format
product	list_supported_av_products	https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=list_supported_av_products
version	list_av_definitions	https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=list_av_definitions

Examples

Get the antivirus definition release date

https://{SERVER}/api/?apikey={yourAPIkey}&service=get_av_definition_release_date&product=ANTIVIRUS_PRODUCT_ID&version=VERSION

Example response

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<result created="2015-08-04T11:05:35+01:00" host="SERVER" status="OK">
<definitions>
  <definition>
    <product>mcafee</product>
    <version>7882</version>
       <date>2015-08-03 17:10:28</date>
  </ definition >
  < definition >
  </ definition >
</products>
</result>

Returned fields

Field	Type	Can Be Empty	Description
product	string	no	The product Id.
version	string	no	The definition version of the product.
date	date	no	The date and time this definition was released.