Scripting

Why?

• Automation
• Repetition
• Speed
• Consistency
• Scale

Scripting Vs Programming

• Rough and ready
• Only needs to work a few times
• Not necessarily maintainable
• Not necessarily readable

Python Requests

• The best way to run scripts against HTTP endpoints
• Can be used to scrape, fuzz, brute force, etc.
• Documentation
• PyPi

Simple Example

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import requests

response = requests.get("https://google.com")
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)

BeautifulSoup

• A library for parsing HTML and XML
• Documentation
• PyPi

Simple Example

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from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

html = response.text

soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
divs = soup.find_all("div")

print(len(divs))

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