credsleuth 0.0.8

A rule based library to help identify credentials and secrets in files and strings.

Credential Sleuth

A rule driven library for detecting secrets and credentials within files and strings.

Simple Usage

Finding secrets in a string:

import credsleuth

data = """
Hello, world
Password=123
aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
Goodbye
"""
print(credsleuth.check_string(data))

Finding secrets in a string:

import credsleuth

print(credsleuth.check_string("filename.txt"))

Advanced Usage

• Todo

Installation

pip install --user credsleuth

Writing Rules

See rules.json for an example to extent.

Todo

• Add some comments to codebase
• Add pretty output options for command line execution.
• Write a proper read me.