appier

v1.46.0 suspicious
5.0
Medium Risk

Appier Framework

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows moderate risk due to potential code obfuscation practices, though it lacks clear indicators of malicious intent such as shell execution or credential theft.

  • High obfuscation risk
  • No secure links or GitHub repository
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The network patterns detected are typical for handling HTTP requests in a way that supports both Python 2 and 3, suggesting legitimate functionality rather than malicious activity.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns were detected, indicating low risk of direct command execution from the package.
  • Obfuscation: The presence of base64 and zlib operations suggests possible obfuscation to hide code logic.
  • Credentials: No direct evidence of credential harvesting patterns was found.
  • Metadata: The package has a non-secure external link and no GitHub repository, but the maintainer seems legitimate with only one package listed.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Low (4.8/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 12 test file(s) found

  • 12 test file(s) detected (e.g. __init__.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 5.0

Some documentation present

  • Brief PyPI description (655 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

  • 11 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
○ Low Multiple Contributors 1.0

Unable to verify contributor count: no GitHub repository found

  • No GitHub repository linked — contributor count unavailable

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 7.5

Found 5 network call pattern(s)

  • if PYTHON_3: Request = urllib.request.Request else: Request = urllib2.Request if PYTHON_3
  • PYTHON_3: HTTPHandler = urllib.request.HTTPHandler else: HTTPHandler = urllib2.HTTPHandler
  • if PYTHON_3: return urllib.request.urlopen(*args, **kwargs) else: return urllib2.
  • if PYTHON_3: return urllib.request.build_opener(*args, **kwargs) else: return url
  • ) _requests_session = requests.Session() adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(
⚠ Code Obfuscation score 10.0

Found 6 obfuscation pattern(s)

  • alue = parts value = base64.b64decode(value) value = legacy.str(value) parts = v
  • return None data = base64.b64decode(data_b64) data = zlib.decompress(data) dat
  • nitial = initial or (eval and eval()) or time.time() composed = build_composed(callable, i
  • next_time = eval() else: # retrieves the curren
  • .decode(encoding) code = compile(data, path, "exec") exec(code, global_vars, local_vars) # @UndefinedVar
  • ode(data_b64) data = zlib.decompress(data) data = cls._verify(data, request) se
✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: hive.pt

⚠ Suspicious Page Links score 2.0

Found 1 suspicious link(s) on the package page

  • Non-HTTPS external link: http://appier.hive.pt
✓ Git Repository History

No GitHub repository linked

  • No GitHub repository link found
⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Hive Solutions Lda." 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 appier 
Create a fully-functional mini-app using the Python package 'appier', which is designed to simplify the development of web applications and APIs. This mini-app will be a simple task management tool where users can create, read, update, and delete tasks. Here are the steps and features you need to implement:

1. **Setup Environment**: Begin by setting up a virtual environment and installing the 'appier' package. Ensure your Python version is compatible with the latest version of 'appier'. 
2. **Application Structure**: Use 'appier' to structure your application. Define routes and controllers for handling HTTP requests. Implement models for storing task data.
3. **User Authentication**: Integrate basic user authentication. Users should be able to register, log in, and log out. Store user credentials securely.
4. **Task Management Features**:
   - **Create Task**: Allow authenticated users to add new tasks with titles and descriptions.
   - **Read Tasks**: Display all tasks for a logged-in user, with options to filter by date or status.
   - **Update Task**: Provide functionality to edit existing tasks.
   - **Delete Task**: Implement a feature to remove tasks permanently.
5. **API Documentation**: Use 'appier' to automatically generate API documentation for your endpoints. Make sure it’s easy for other developers to understand and use your API.
6. **Error Handling**: Implement robust error handling to manage unexpected issues gracefully.
7. **Testing**: Write unit tests for critical functionalities such as user authentication and task creation/deletion.
8. **Deployment**: Prepare your application for deployment. Consider using a cloud provider like AWS or Heroku. Ensure your application is secure and scalable.

Throughout the process, utilize 'appier's features such as its ORM for database interactions, routing system for handling HTTP requests, and built-in security measures for user authentication. Aim to make the application both functional and user-friendly.