output.json -> output.ndjson

[nicpenning]

It seems that the output.json file of a BBOT scan is actually new line delimited JSON. Would it then be appropriate to rename the output.json file to output.ndjson?

[TheTechromancer]

Not a bad idea. Would you be willing to make a PR? There are probably a few places in the tests and docs it would also need to be updated.

[nicpenning]

I will give it a go. I am new to the project so I will see what I can do. Thanks!

[TheTechromancer]

Sounds good, feel free to open it early and I can help out along the way if needed.

[nicpenning]

I would like to try using poetry and develop BBOT, but the steps here did not work: https://www.blacklanternsecurity.com/bbot/contribution/

After properly installing poetry, adding it to the path, and then running poetry shell, I could not execute bbot --help as it does not appear to be a command I can execute yet.

user@system-1:~/bbot$ poetry shell
Spawning shell within /home/user/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/bbot-Kav3PRTN-py3.10
user@system-1:~/bbot$ . /home/user/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/bbot-Kav3PRTN-py3.10/bin/activate
(bbot-py3.10) user@system-1:~/bbot$ bbot --help
Command 'bbot' not found, did you mean:
  command 'bbox' from deb ps2eps (1.68+binaryfree-3)
  command 'bnbot' from deb pvpgn (1.8.5-2.1ubuntu1)
  command 'brot' from deb fortunes-de (0.34-1)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>

[TheTechromancer]

I believe you have to do poetry install as well.

[nicpenning]

You have to do poetry install twice?

I followed these instructions:

# clone your forked repo and cd into it
git clone [email protected]/<username>/bbot.git && cd bbot

# install poetry
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -

# install pip dependencies
poetry install

# enter virtual environment
poetry shell

bbot --help

I am unsure how bbot is a runnable command using the raw code and not a container or other method.

I will try and dig deeper to see how to run my own copy of bbot.

[TheTechromancer]

A critical step that's easy to miss is being inside the bbot folder (&& cd bbot) before running poetry install. I've done that on multiple occasions.

[nicpenning]

I will try that, but I was pretty sure I followed those steps verbatim. I will report back.

[nicpenning]

I re-ran the poetry install in the bbot directory and it seems that I am making progress!