*Simple* To Thumbshots transform

Hey guys,

I see we have been fielding a few questions on irc about local transforms and i think that it stems from me jumping right in with the libraries and perhaps a very basic example would be a better start for first time transform writers.

Subsequently herewith is the Thumbshots transform in a very basic python script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
# Get the website entity name, this will be parsed as the first parameter as according to the spec ( http://ctas.paterva.com/view/Specification )
websiteValue = sys.argv[1];
print "<MaltegoMessage>"
print "<MaltegoTransformResponseMessage>"
print "<Entities>"
print "<Entity Type=\"Website\">" # please note entites are CaSe SeNsiTiVe
print "<Value>" + websiteValue + "</Value>"
print "<Weight>100</Weight>"
print "<IconURL>http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=" + websiteValue + "</IconURL>"
print "</Entity>"
print "</Entities>"
print "<UIMessages>"
print "</UIMessages>"
print "</MaltegoTransformResponseMessage>"
print "</MaltegoMessage>"

All the script does is get the value of the entity (that which you see under each icon) - in this case the website , something like "www.paterva.com". As per the spec this will then be the first command line parameter. We then simply return *exactly* the same entity (a Website) and change the iconURL (this is the icon for the entity) to the image returned from thumbshots.org

I hope this clears up any confusion and if there are any queries around localTransforms simply post it to the forum or try ask on the irc channel ( #Maltego on irc.freenode.org )

Adding the transform to Maltego

Click tools->Manage Transforms
Select "New Local Transform"
Fill in the Display name, Description and Author.
Set the Input Entity type (or entity type that you will run this transform on) - in this case Website
Click Next
Enter the command for the language used, in this case python, so it would be your python executable, for example c:python26python.exe or /usr/bin/python
Under the parameter enter the script that you have created with the code above
For Working directory specify the directory that you saved the script
Click finish

You can now run this transform on any website entity and have the icon be that of the thumbshots.org

p.s. I have also included the code for this transform.