Package plugins :: Package discovery :: Module webSpider :: Class webSpider
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Class webSpider




This plugin navigates the whole site and creates a URL list.


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

Instance Methods [hide private]
  __init__(self)
  discover(self, fuzzableRequest)
Searches for links on the html.
  _verifyReferences(self, reference)
  _isForward(self, reference)
Check if the reference is inside the original URL directory
  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().
  _compileRE(self)
  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, fuzzableRequest)

 
Searches for links on the html.
Parameters:
  • fuzzableRequest - A fuzzableRequest instance that contains (among other things) the URL to test.
Returns:
A list :
  1. New Url's found by plugin, could be empty when method ends.
Overrides: core.controllers.basePlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.baseDiscoveryPlugin.discover

_verifyReferences(self, reference)

 
None

_isForward(self, reference)

 
Check if the reference is inside the original URL directory
Returns:
True if inside.

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

_compileRE(self)

 
None

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