YARA Rest API

This is a simple REST API to apply pre-loaded Yara rules on a file POST'ed to the REST API endpoint.

Build it

docker build -t yara-rest-api .

Get sample yara rules

-> https://valhalla.nextron-systems.com/ Check "DEMO", get the rules. Save the file in rules folder

Run it

docker run -it -v ${PWD}/rules:/rules -e YARA_RULES_DIR=/rules -p 8080:8080 yara-rest-api

Submit a sample

Assuming you have a file sample.bin, run the following command:

curl http://localhost:8080/yara -F "sample=@sample.bin" -vvv

Expected output:

{"matchingRules": ["ns1/testns1"]}