TruxtonEvent

This class lets you add to the [Event] table in Truxton.

Attributes and Methods

id

This is the GUID of the event. It becomes non-zero after save() has been called. This corresponds to the [ID] column of the [Event] table.

description

The longer description of the event. This corresponds to the [Description] column of the [Event] table.

end

When the event ended in FILETIME ticks. This corresponds to the [End] column of the [Event] table.

fileid

The GUID of the file this event came from. This corresponds to the [FileID] column of the [Event] table.

mediaid

This is the GUID of the media this event came from. This identifier corresponds to the [MediaID] of the [Event] table.

save()

This will commit the information to the [Event] table.

tag(tag, reason, origin)

This creates a tag associated with this event in Truxton. The tag parameter is a short, one or two word, bit of text that will be displayed in the UI. The reason is a sentence explaining why this event was tagged. The origin is either TAG_ORIGIN_AUTOMATIC (1) or TAG_ORIGIN_HUMAN (2). It will return True if the tag was associated with the file, False on failure.

start

When the event began in FILETIME ticks. This corresponds to the [Start] column of the [Event] table.

title

This corresponds to the [Title] column of the [Event] table.

type

This corresponds to the [EventTypeID] column of the [Event] table. It should contain a value from the [ID] column of the [EventType] table.

Sample

import truxton
import shutil

from datetime import datetime
from calendar import timegm
from pathlib import Path

EPOCH_AS_FILETIME = 116444736000000000
HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS = 10000000

EVENT_TYPE_FBI = 20001

def date_to_filetime(dt):
  return EPOCH_AS_FILETIME + (timegm(dt.timetuple()) * HUNDREDS_OF_NANOSECONDS)

def create_event_type(t, id, name):
  event_type = t.neweventtype()
  event_type.id = id
  event_type.name = name
  event_type.save()

def add_file(parent_truxton_file, filename):
  source_file = open(filename, "rb")
  child = parent_truxton_file.newchild()
  child.name = Path(filename).name
  shutil.copyfileobj(source_file, child)
  source_file.close()
  child.save()
  return child

def add_event(parent_file, start, end, title, description, type):
  event = parent_file.newevent()
  event.start = date_to_filetime(datetime.fromisoformat(start))
  event.end = date_to_filetime(datetime.fromisoformat(end))
  event.title = title
  event.description = description
  event.type = type
  event.save()
  return event

def add_media(t):
  media = t.newmedia()

  media.name = "Public Documents"
  media.description = "Publicly available documents"
  media.case = "DC-SNAFU-2016.2020"
  media.evidencebag = "EV-0937459386623-a"
  media.originator = "Jeffrey Jensen"
  media.latitude = 38.897661
  media.longitude = -77.036458
  media.type = truxton.MEDIA_TYPE_LOGICAL_FILES

  if media.save():
    print("Media saved")
  else:
    print("Media not saved")

  return media

def add_ec(parent_file ):
  child_file = add_file(parent_file, "JW-v-DOJ-reply-02743.pdf")

  url = child_file.newurl()
  url.url = "https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-doj-reply-02743/"
  url.localfilename = "JW-v-DOJ-reply-02743.pdf"
  url.type = truxton.URL_TYPE_FIREFOX
  url.method = truxton.URL_METHOD_TYPE_CLICKED_ON_A_LINK
  url.format = truxton.URL_FORMAT_ASCII
  url.when = date_to_filetime(datetime.fromisoformat("2020-05-20T00:00:00-05:00"))
  url.save()

  add_event( child_file, "2016-07-31T12:00:00-05:00", "2016-07-31T12:00:00-05:00", "Crossfire Hurricane Created", "At FBI HQ", EVENT_TYPE_FBI )
  add_event( child_file, "2016-07-27T12:00:00-05:00", "2016-07-27T12:00:00-05:00", "Legat called needing to meet US ambassador", "In London", EVENT_TYPE_FBI )
  add_event( child_file, "2016-07-29T12:00:00-05:00", "2016-07-29T12:00:00-05:00", "FBI Receives Downer Info from Legat", "Probably legat London", EVENT_TYPE_FBI )

def main():
  t = truxton.create()

  create_event_type(t, EVENT_TYPE_FBI, "FBI Actions" )

  media = add_media(t)

  root_file = media.addroot()
  root_file.save()

  add_ec(root_file)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()