code: def scan_url(self, this_url):
          
          params = {'apikey': self.api_key, 'url': this_url}
  
          try:
              response = requests.post(self.base + 'url/scan', params=params, proxies=self.proxies)
          except requests.RequestException as e:
              return dict(error=e.message)
  
          return _return_response_and_status_code(response)
docs: Submit a URL to be scanned by VirusTotal.
  
          :param this_url: The URL that should be scanned. This parameter accepts a list of URLs (up to 4 with the
                           standard request rate) so as to perform a batch scanning request with one single call. The
                           URLs must be separated by a new line character.
          :return: JSON response that contains scan_id and permalink.