greenbone-scap 0.0.2

Python library for downloading CVE and CPE from NIST NVD

greenbone-scap - Python library for downloading CVE and CPE from NIST NVD

The greenbone-scap Python package is a collection of utilities and tools to download the CPE and CVE information from the NIST NVD REST API into a PostgreSQL database.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Install using pipx
  • Install using pip
• Command Completion
  • Setup for bash
  • Setup for zsh
• Development
• Maintainer
• Contributing
• License

Installation

Requirements

Python 3.11 and later is supported.

Install using pipx

You can install the latest stable release of greenbone-scap from the Python Package Index (pypi) using pipx

python3 -m pipx install greenbone-scap

Install using pip

[!NOTE] The pip install command does no longer work out-of-the-box in newer distributions like Ubuntu 23.04 because of PEP 668. Please use the installation via pipx instead.

You can install the latest stable release of greenbone-scap from the Python Package Index (pypi) using pip

python3 -m pip install --user greenbone-scap

Command Completion

greenbone-scap comes with support for command line completion in bash and zsh. All greenbone-scap CLI commands support shell completion. As examples the following sections explain how to set up the completion for greenbone-cve-download with bash and zsh.

Setup for bash

echo "source ~/.greenbone-cve-download-complete.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
greenbone-cve-download --print-completion bash > ~/.greenbone-cve-download-complete.bash

Alternatively, you can use the result of the completion command directly with the eval function of your bash shell:

eval "$(greenbone-cve-download --print-completion bash)"

Setup for zsh

echo 'fpath=("$HOME/.zsh.d" $fpath)' >> ~/.zsh
mkdir -p ~/.zsh.d/
greenbone-cve-download --print-completion zsh > ~/.zsh.d/_greenbone_cve_download

Alternatively, you can use the result of the completion command directly with the eval function of your zsh shell:

eval "$(greenbone-cve-download --print-completion zsh)"

Development

greenbone-scap uses poetry for its own dependency management and build process.

First install poetry via pipx

python3 -m pipx install poetry

Afterwards run

poetry install

in the checkout directory of greenbone-scap (the directory containing the pyproject.toml file) to install all dependencies including the packages only required for development.

Afterwards activate the git hooks for auto-formatting and linting via autohooks.

poetry run autohooks activate

Validate the activated git hooks by running

poetry run autohooks check

Maintainer

This project is maintained by Greenbone AG

Contributing

Your contributions are highly appreciated. Please create a pull request on GitHub. Bigger changes need to be discussed with the development team via the issues section at GitHub first.

License

Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.