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Content-Type

Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded is required in the headers. An incorrect Content-Type can lead to 403 errors.

{
 'response_code': 1,
 'verbose_msg': 'Scan request successfully queued, come back later for the report',
 'scan_id': '1db0ad7dbcec0676710ea0eaacd35d5e471d3e11944d53bcbd31f0cbd11bce31-1320752364',
 'scan_date': '2011-11-08 11:39:24',
 'url': 'http://www.virustotal.com/',
 'permalink': 'http://www.virustotal.com/url/1db0ad7dbcec0676710ea0eaacd35d5e471d3e11944d53bcbd31f0cbd11bce31/analysis/1320752364/'
}
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