[sleuthkit-developers] New Python Example Modules

[Brian C. <ca...@sl...>]

Based on some questions on and off list, I updated the sample Python modules this past weekend.  If any of you are playing with them, you might want to refer to them. 

https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/tree/develop/pythonExamples

Changes include:
- There are now separate modules for file versus data source ingest modules.  It is more common to have a module that is only one or the other, so this should be easier to start from.
- Both have the sample code to read file content.
- All now have logging code in there to help with debugging
- All have “TODO” entries to figure out what needs to change
- The documentation no longer points you to the (more complex) ingest module with a configuration GUI.

The next release of Autopsy (we expect it to be around June 8) will also make run-time errors in Python easier for you to detect because you’ll have pop-up windows with the errors.  It will also have Python 2.7 (which Jython has now released). 

Let us know if you have any other questions.