Overview

This Python package offers some basic feature in order to interact with root-me.org API.

At first I just needed a way to connect from a server without X. Then, I wrote a whole Python package, because I like the idea of connecting easily, from any machine running Python.

This package is not affiliated in any way with the root-me.org association.

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -U .
rootme -h

I may publish the package to Pypi later.

Usage

usage: rootme [-h] {connect,rank,status} ...

root-me.org cli utility.

It offers some basic utility to interact with the root-me.org API.

Available features:

    * connect to the root-me.org. Can be used to access challenges without
      authenticating to the web portal.
    * display ranking for one or more users
    * display ranking, for x elements, starting with an offset of y.
    * check if the connection to root-me.org is active

The cookie created on login is saved on disk. The path can be customized thanks
to the ROOTME_COOKIE_PATH environment variable. By default, the file created is
$HOME/.rootme-spip-session. If HOME environment variable is not available, the
cookie is created in /tmp.

positional arguments:
  {connect,rank,status}

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

connect subcommand:

usage: rootme connect [-h] -u USERNAME [-p PASSWORD]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Username is required
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Asked interactively if omitted

rank subcommand:

usage: rootme rank [-h] [-u [USER [USER ...]]] [-n NUMBER] [-o OFFSET]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

user:
  Show rank for one or more users

  -u [USER [USER ...]], --user [USER [USER ...]]
                        Search user(s) in ranking. Note: case sensitive

ranking:
  List users in ranking

  -n NUMBER, --number NUMBER
                        Show the <n> top challengers. Cannot exceed 49.
  -o OFFSET, --offset OFFSET
                        Start displaying at <offset>

status subcommand. This command can be used without arguments.

usage: rootme status [-h]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

Python stuff

Code is checked with several tools in order to maintain a certain code quality.

• Typing is checked with mypy, with mypy --strict .
• PEP8 is checked with pycodestyle, with pycodestyle .
• PEP257 is checked with pydocstyle, with pydocstyle --convetion=numpy .
• Imports are sorted with isort, with isort rootme/*
• Code is formatted with black, with black -l 79 .

Limitations

The project is based on the API provided by root-me.org. I'll potentially add some features when the API will evolve.

Contributors

• zTeeed