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Overview

The Scan object represents a comprehensive view of a scanned webpage, including metadata, status, and other relevant attributes. This page details the scan lifecycle and attributes, both for newly created scans and completed scan results.

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Scan Lifecycle

When a new scan is created, it follows these status transitions:
  • PENDING: The scan is waiting in the queue.
  • RUNNING: The scan is being processed.
  • DONE: The scan has completed successfully, and all attributes are available.
  • ERROR: There was a connection issue, preventing the scan from completing.

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New Scan

When creating a new scan, several attributes can be configured to customize the scanning process:
  • Submitted URL: The URL to be scanned must be a valid and properly formatted URL. If no protocol (e.g., http:// or https://) is provided, the system will automatically assume https://.
  • Scanned From: Specifies the list of countries from which the scan is performed. By default, scans originate from the DEFAULT country unless a premium option is selected.
    Available only for PREMIUM users.
  • Visibility: Determines who can view the scan results. Options include:
    • Public: The scan is visible to all users.
    • Private: The scan is visible only to the creator (available only for authenticated users).
      Available only for authenticated users.
  • Device: Determines whether the scan is performed using a mobile or desktop device.
  • User Agent: The user agent string used for the scan. The available options depend on the selected device type.
  • Viewport: The screen dimensions used for rendering the page. The available options vary based on the selected device and affect the screenshot size.
  • Waiting Time: Defines how long to wait before scraping data, allowing pages with dynamic content to fully load before capture.
  • HTTP Referer: Allows specifying a custom HTTP Referer header to be sent with the scan request. If not provided, no referer header will be included by default.
  • Submitter Tags: A list of tags associated with the scan, which can help categorize, filter, or group scans. Tags are arbitrary strings defined by the user.
    Available only for authenticated users.

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Show Scan

When viewing a completed scan, various attributes and details are available to provide insights into the scanned webpage.
  • Scan Info: General information related to the scan.
  • Scan Classification: Determines if the scan is malicious, as detected by the custom urlDNA AI Engine.
    AI Features
  • IP Address: The IP address associated with the scanned webpage.
  • Certificate: Information about the site’s SSL/TLS certificate.
  • HTTP Transactions: Captures HTTP request and response headers.
  • Headers: Extracted HTTP headers from the response.
  • Meta Tags: Extracted metadata from the webpage.
  • Screenshot: A snapshot of the scanned page for visual reference.
  • urlDNA AI: Advanced attributes generated by the custom state-of-the-art AI engine, including:
    • Page language detection
    • Category and topic classification
    • NSFW content detection
      AI Features
  • Page Info: Includes details such as favicon, title, and extracted text from the page.
  • Outgoing Links: List of external links found on the page.
  • Technologies: Detection of technologies used by the webpage, such as frameworks and libraries.
  • Cookies: Captured cookies set by the page.
  • DOM: Analysis of the Document Object Model (DOM) structure.
The main attributes in the scan page are searchable by clicking the hand lens (search) icon.

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Scan Feedback

Available only for authenticated users.
All authenticated users can send scan classification feedback by clicking ‘Mark as Malicious’ to indicate that a scan is malicious or phishing, or ‘Mark as Safe’ to confirm that a scan is safe. All feedback is welcomed as it helps our urlDNA Engine improve performance and accuracy.

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Bulk Scan

Available only for PREMIUM users.
 Bulk scanning is available only to premium users. It includes all the attributes of a new scan but allows submitting up to 50 URLs at a time.

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AI-generated attributes may contain inaccuracies as we continuously improve our model.
If you wish to remove a scan, need insights or explanations, or have any doubts about the results, please fill out the Contact Us form.