PyPDFForm

v5.1.1 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

The Python library & CLI for PDF forms.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows high obfuscation risk and low activity in terms of package maintenance, raising concerns about its legitimacy and potential hidden functionality.

  • High obfuscation risk
  • Low metadata risk indicating possible new or less active account
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal for a PDF processing package.
  • Shell: No shell execution detected, indicating the package does not attempt to run external commands.
  • Obfuscation: The observed patterns resemble obfuscated or encoded data rather than clear text, indicating potential for malicious activity or secure data handling.
  • Credentials: No clear signs of credential harvesting or secret handling are present in the provided snippets.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has only one package, which might indicate a new or less active account, raising some suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

Code Obfuscation score 10.0

Found 5 obfuscation pattern(s)

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Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

Git Repository History

Repository chinapandaman/PyPDFForm appears legitimate

Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Jinge Li" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with PyPDFForm
Your task is to develop a simple yet powerful PDF form management tool using the PyPDFForm package in Python. This tool will allow users to easily fill out PDF forms programmatically, which can be particularly useful for repetitive tasks such as generating invoices, surveys, or any other form-based data entry processes.

The application should include the following core functionalities:
1. **Form Loading**: The user should be able to load a PDF form file into the application. The form must be a valid PDF form with fields that can be filled out.
2. **Field Filling**: Users should be able to specify field values either through direct input or from a provided CSV file. Each row in the CSV file corresponds to one set of field values.
3. **Form Saving**: Once all fields are filled, the application should save the filled form as a new PDF file. Optionally, it could also send the filled form via email if configured.
4. **Batch Processing**: For efficiency, the application should support batch processing where multiple sets of field values can be applied to the same form template, producing multiple filled forms.
5. **Error Handling**: Robust error handling should be implemented to manage cases where a field cannot be found in the form or when the form loading fails.

Additionally, consider implementing these optional advanced features:
- **Field Validation**: Implement validation rules for each field to ensure the data entered meets certain criteria (e.g., date format, email validation).
- **User Interface**: Create a simple GUI interface using a library like Tkinter or PyQt for better usability.
- **Configuration File**: Allow users to configure settings such as default form paths, email recipients, etc., through a configuration file.
- **Logging**: Implement logging to keep track of operations performed by the application, including successes and failures.

For each feature, describe how you would use the PyPDFForm package to achieve the functionality. For example, to load a form, you might use `form = PyPDFForm.load('path/to/form.pdf')`. To fill out a field, you might use `form.fill_field('field_name', 'field_value')`. Finally, to save the filled form, you would use `form.save('path/to/filled_form.pdf')`.