Developing Plugins

PATHspider is written to be extensible and the plugins that are included in the PATHspider distribution are examples of the measurements that PATHspider can perform.

pathspider.plugins is a namespace package. Namespace packages are a mechanism for splitting a single Python package across multiple directories on disk. One or more distributions may provide modules which exist inside the same namespace package. The PATHspider distribution’s plugins are installed in pathspider.plugins, but also 3rd-party plugins can exist in this path without being a part of the PATHspider distribution.

• Choosing a Plugin Model
  • SynchronizedSpider Model
  • DesynchronizedSpider Model
  • SingleSpider Model
  • ForgeSpider Model
• Plugin Basics
  • Quickstart
  • Directory Layout
  • Running Your Plugin
• Common Plugin Features
  • Plugin Metadata
  • Command Line Arguments
• SynchronizedSpider Development
  • Connection Modes
  • Configuration Functions
• DesynchronizedSpider Development
  • Connection Functions
• SingleSpider Development
• ForgeSpider Development
  • Plugin Metadata
  • Packet Forging
• Flow Analysis Chains
  • Library Flow Analysis Chains
  • Writing Flow Analysis Chains