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 # ALLSTAR
- Assembled Labeled Library for Static Analysis Research - Debian packages built for 6 architectures, storing compiler artifacts, binaries and symbols 
+ Assembled Labeled Library for Static Analysis Research - Debian packages built for 6 architectures, storing compiler artifacts, binaries and symbols.
+ Available at http://allstar.jhuapl.edu
+ 
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+##############################################################################################
+# Copyright 2020 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
+# All rights reserved.
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this 
+# software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software 
+# without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, 
+# merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to 
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, 
+# INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE 
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 
+# TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE 
+# OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# HAVE A NICE DAY.
+
+import requests
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+#class for interacting with ALLSTAR repository
+#can use alternate URL if you have cloned ALLSTAR locally
+
+#Example:
+#import allstar
+#
+#repo = allstar.AllstarRepo("armel")
+#for pkg in repo.packages():
+#  for b in pkg.binaries():
+
+class AllstarRepo(object):
+    def __init__(self, arch, base_url='https://allstar.jhuapl.edu'):
+        self.arch = arch
+        self.base_url = base_url
+        self.rsession = requests.Session()
+
+
+        self.packages = {}
+        self._generate_package_list()
+
+    def _generate_package_list(self):
+        for part in range(1,5):
+            url = urljoin(self.base_url, '/repo/jessie-list-p{}-final.txt'.format(part))
+            r = self.rsession.get(url)
+
+            for pkg in r.text.split():
+                self.packages[pkg] = part
+
+
+    def _package_part(self, pkg):
+        return self.packages[pkg]
+
+    def _package_index(self, pkg):
+        pkg_url = urljoin(self.base_url, '/repo/p{}/{}/{}/'.format(self._package_part(pkg),
+                                                                   self.arch, pkg))
+        index_url = urljoin(pkg_url, 'index.json')
+        return self.rsession.get(index_url).json()
+
+    def package_list(self):
+        return list(self.packages.keys())
+
+    def package_binaries(self, pkg):
+        binaries = []
+        index = self._package_index(pkg)
+
+        for i in range(0, len(index['binaries'])):
+            f = index['binaries'][i]['file']
+            binary_url = urljoin(self.base_url,
+                                 '/repo/p{}/{}/{}/{}'.format(self._package_part(pkg),
+                                                             self.arch, pkg, f))
+            r = self.rsession.get(binary_url)
+            binaries.append({'name': index['binaries'][i]['name'],
+                             'content': r.content})
+
+        return binaries
+
+    def package_gimples(self, pkg):
+        gimples = []
+        index = self._package_index(pkg)
+
+        for i in range(0, len(index['binaries'])):
+            for j in range(0, len(index['binaries'][i]['units'])):
+                if('gimple' in index['binaries'][i]['units'][j]):
+                    g = index['binaries'][i]['units'][j]['gimple']
+                    gimple_url = urljoin(self.base_url,
+                        '/repo/p{}/{}/{}/{}'.format(self._package_part(pkg),
+                                                    self.arch,
+                                                    pkg,
+                                                    g))
+                    r = self.rsession.get(gimple_url)
+                    gimples.append({'name': index['binaries'][i]['units'][j]['name'],
+                                    'content': r.content})
+            
+        return gimples