From 3a373762e1d7ede6c143ae48fad8805fc0db7675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Achim D. Brucker" Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:00:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added brief description of each available tool. --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9278568..aff6cac 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ # ExtensionCrawler +A collection of utilities for downloading and analyzing browser +extension from the Chrome Web store. -A Python crawler for extensions from the Chrome Web Store. +* `crawler.py`: A crawler for extensions from the Chrome Web + Store. Calling `crawler.py` will downloads 200 extensions from all + categories into a folder `downloaded` in the current directory. In + case an extension has already been downloaded, the script skips it. +* `permstats.py`: A tool for generating statistical data from the + crawled extensions. +* `crx-tool.py`: A tool for analyzing `*.crx` files (i.e., Chrome + extensions). Calling `crx-tool.py .crx` will check the + integrity of the extension. -Usage: -``` -python crawler.py -``` +All Utilities are written in Pythen 3.x. -Downloads 200 extensions from all categories into a folder -'downloaded' in the current directory. In case an extension has -already been downloaded, the script skips it. ## License This project is licensed under the GPL 3.0 (or any later version).