TruxtonChildFileIO newartifact

This create an artifact object from a file in Truxton. It automatically associates the file and media identifiers used in the entity table.

Syntax

object newartifact();

Return value

An Entity object

Sample

import truxton
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

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 main():
  t = truxton.create()
  file = t.getfileid("5ec2a123-74d6-5da7-0653-4e6800000000")
  child = add_file(file, "C:\decrypts\PlainText.txt")

  artifact = child .newartifact()

  artifact.type = truxton.ENTITY_TYPE_PASSWORD
  artifact.value = "password"
  artifact.datatype = truxton.DATA_TYPE_ASCII
  artifact.length = 8
  artifact.offset = 1
  artifact.save()  

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()