Package plugins :: Package discovery :: Module spiderMan :: Class spiderMan
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Class spiderMan




SpiderMan is a local proxy that will collect new URL's and POSTDATA.


Author: Andres Riancho ( andres.riancho@gmail.com )

Instance Methods [hide private]
  __init__(self)
  discover(self, freq)
The url is a string containing the Url to test ( http://somehost.com/foo.php )
  getOptionsXML(self)
This method returns a XML containing the Options that the plugin has.
  setOptions(self, optionsMap)
This method sets all the options that are configured using the user interface generated by the framework using the result of getOptionsXML().
  getPluginDeps(self)
  getLongDesc(self)

Inherited from core.controllers.basePlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin: getType

Inherited from core.controllers.basePlugin.basePlugin.basePlugin: __eq__, getDesc, getName, printUniq, setUrlOpener


Method Details [hide private]

__init__(self)
(Constructor)

 
None
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.__init__

discover(self, freq)

 

The url is a string containing the Url to test ( http://somehost.com/foo.php )

This method MUST be implemented on every plugin.
Returns:
A list :
  1. New Url's found by plugin, could be empty when method ends.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.discover
(inherited documentation)

getOptionsXML(self)

 
This method returns a XML containing the Options that the plugin has. Using this XML the framework will build a window, a menu, or some other input method to retrieve the info from the user. The XML has to validate against the xml schema file located at : w3af/core/ui/userInterface.dtd
Returns:
XML with the plugin options.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.basePlugin.basePlugin.getOptionsXML

setOptions(self, optionsMap)

 
This method sets all the options that are configured using the user interface generated by the framework using the result of getOptionsXML().
Parameters:
  • OptionList - A dictionary with the options for the plugin.
Returns:
No value is returned.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.basePlugin.basePlugin.setOptions

getPluginDeps(self)

 
Returns:
A list with the names of the plugins that should be runned before the current one.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.basePlugin.basePlugin.getPluginDeps

getLongDesc(self)

 
Returns:
A DETAILED description of the plugin functions and features.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.basePlugin.basePlugin.getLongDesc