POST

/detector/{detectorId}/malware-scan-settings

http://guardduty.{region}.amazonaws.com/detector/{detectorId}/malware-scan-settings

<p>Updates the malware scan settings.</p> <p>There might be regional differences because some data sources might not be available in all the Amazon Web Services Regions where GuardDuty is presently supported. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty_regions.html">Regions and endpoints</a>.</p>

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

detectorIdstringrequired

The unique ID of the detector that specifies the GuardDuty service where you want to update scan settings.

Body Params

scanResourceCriteriaobject

Contains information about criteria used to filter resources before triggering malware scan.

ebsSnapshotPreservationstring

An enum value representing possible snapshot preservation settings.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://guardduty.{region}.amazonaws.com/detector/{detectorId}/malware-scan-settings' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}