ansys-aedt-toolkits-common

v0.16.2 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

User interface example repository to create your toolkit.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows signs of potential misuse through shell command execution, despite no clear evidence of malicious intent. The incomplete maintainer profile adds to the uncertainty.

  • High shell risk due to execution of shell commands
  • Incomplete maintainer profile
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: Network calls may be legitimate if the package requires communication with a server for functionality like status checks or version control.
  • Shell: Execution of shell commands is highly suspicious and could indicate potential for malicious activities unless explicitly documented and necessary for package functionality.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has an incomplete profile and a new/inactive account, which raises some suspicion but does not strongly indicate malicious intent.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (6.4/10)

◈ Medium Test Suite 6.0

Partial test coverage signals detected

  • Test runner config found: pyproject.toml
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://aedt.common.toolkit.docs.pyansys.com
  • Detailed PyPI description (4004 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 8 type-annotated function signatures (partial)
✦ High Multiple Contributors 10.0

Active multi-contributor project

  • 12 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in ansys/pyaedt-toolkits-common
  • Active community — 5 or more distinct contributors

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 9.0

Found 6 network call pattern(s)

  • y: response = requests.get(url, timeout=2.0) response_success = respons
  • try: response = requests.get(self.url + "/status", timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
  • try: response = requests.get(self.url + "/wait_thread", timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
  • try: response = requests.get(self.url + "/installed_versions", timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_T
  • try: response = requests.get(self.url + "/properties", timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
  • try: response = requests.put(self.url + "/properties", json=data, timeout=DEFAULT_REQUEST
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 2.0

Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)

  • WINDOW # nosec process = subprocess.Popen( command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: ansys.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository ansys/pyaedt-toolkits-common appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" 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 ansys-aedt-toolkits-common 
Create a mini-application named 'AnsysAEDTExplorer' that leverages the 'ansys-aedt-toolkits-common' package to provide a user-friendly interface for managing Ansys AEDT projects. This application should allow users to perform basic operations such as opening, saving, and closing AEDT projects, as well as more advanced tasks like editing design parameters and viewing simulation results.

### Features:
- **Project Management**: Users should be able to open existing AEDT projects or create new ones. They should also be able to save their work and close projects when done.
- **Design Parameter Editor**: Implement a feature where users can view and modify design parameters within an AEDT project. This includes setting values for different components and ensuring these changes reflect accurately in the project.
- **Simulation Result Viewer**: Integrate a functionality that allows users to visualize the results of simulations run through AEDT. This could include graphs, charts, or other visual representations of data.
- **User Interface**: Design a clean, intuitive UI using any suitable Python GUI framework (e.g., PyQt, Tkinter).

### Utilization of 'ansys-aedt-toolkits-common':
- Use the package to handle the underlying interactions with Ansys AEDT software, ensuring that all operations performed via the application are correctly interfaced with AEDT functionalities.
- Leverage the examples provided in the package documentation to understand how to integrate specific features into your application.

### Steps to Build the Application:
1. Set up your development environment with Python and install the 'ansys-aedt-toolkits-common' package.
2. Define the structure of your application, including classes for handling projects, design parameters, and simulation results.
3. Develop the user interface, ensuring it is easy to navigate and provides clear feedback to the user.
4. Implement the project management features, focusing on seamless interaction between the application and AEDT.
5. Add functionality for editing design parameters, allowing users to make adjustments and see immediate effects in the AEDT project.
6. Integrate the simulation result viewer, making use of visualization libraries if necessary to display results effectively.
7. Test the application thoroughly, covering all major features and edge cases to ensure reliability.
8. Document the application, providing instructions for installation, usage, and troubleshooting.

This project will not only serve as a practical tool for managing Ansys AEDT projects but also as a showcase for integrating third-party packages into custom applications.