Getting started with the SpiderFoot CLI

by spiderfoot 7 years ago

GNU/Linux ◆ xterm ◆ bash 21821 views

The first video tutorial of the SpiderFoot command line interface, aiming to show you how to run a scan, view the logs and browse the data all from the comfort of a keyboard.

Download SpiderFoot from http://www.spiderfoot.net/

Latest updates on Twitter: @spiderfoot

Github repo: https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot

More by spiderfoot

Researching data breaches with SpiderFoot 04:06

by spiderfoot 4 years ago

Scraping names, emails and phone numbers with SpiderFoot 02:05

by spiderfoot 4 years ago

Finding hostnames in Certificate Transparency with SpiderFoot 02:13

by spiderfoot 4 years ago

DNS recon with SpiderFoot 00:53

by spiderfoot 4 years ago

See all

You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

Download

Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 126064.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/126064.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 80, rows: 41 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/126064 demo.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg demo.cast demo.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.