W3AF

Parser

synopsis:Specialized ptp.libptp.parser.AbstractParser classes for the tool W3AF.

class ptp.tools.w3af.parser.W3AFXMLParser(pathname, filename='*.xml', light=False, first=True)

W3AF XML specialized parser.

__tool__ = 'w3af'

__format__ = 'xml'

__version__ = '1\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?'

_parse_report_full(raw_transactions)

Parse the captured http transactions of the report.

Parameters:raw_transactions (str) – HTTP transactions logged by w3af Returns:List of dicts where each one has a request and response. Return type:list

classmethod is_mine(pathname, filename='*.xml', light=False, first=True)

Check if it can handle the report file.

Parameters:

• pathname (str) – Path to the report directory.
• filename (str) – Regex matching the report file.
• light (bool) – True to only parse the ranking of the findings from the report.
• first (bool) – Only process first file (True) or each file that matched (False).

Raises:

• IOError – when the report file cannot be found.
• OSError – when the report file cannot be found.

Returns:

True if it supports the report, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool

parse_metadata()

Parse the metadata of the report.

Raises:NotSupportedVersionError – if it does not support the version of this report. Returns:The metadata of the report. Return type:dict

parse_report()

Parse the results of the report.

Returns:List of dicts where each one represents a discovery. Return type:list