v1.12 - please see CHANGELOG.md for changes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+- v1.12
+
+  - New
+    - Added argument `-c` / `--config` to specify the full path of a YML config file. If not passed, it looks for file `config.yml` in the same directory as runtime file `waymore.py`
+
 - v1.11
 
   - New

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <center><img src="https://github.com/xnl-h4ck3r/waymore/blob/main/waymore/images/title.png"></center>
 
-## About - v1.11
+## About - v1.12
 
 The idea behind **waymore** is to find even more links from the Wayback Machine than other existing tools.
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ $ sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 | -lr           | --limit-requests        | Limit the number of requests that will be made when getting links from a source (this doesn\'t apply to Common Crawl). Some targets can return a huge amount of requests needed that are just not feasible to get, so this can be used to manage that situation. This defaults to 0 (Zero) which means there is no limit. |
 | -ow           | --output-overwrite      | If the URL output file (`waymore.txt`) already exists, it will be overwritten instead of being appended to.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | -nlf          | --new-links-file        | If this argument is passed, a waymore.new file will also be written that will contain links for the latest run. This can be used for continuous monitoring of a target.                                                                                                                                                   |
+| -c            | --config                | Path to the YML config file. If not passed, it looks for file `config.yml` in the same directory as runtime file `waymore.py`                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | -v            | --verbose               | Verbose output                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 |               | --version               | Show current version number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | -h            | --help                  | Show the help message and exit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

waymore.py

@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ def showOptions():
             write(colored('-mode: ' + args.mode, 'magenta')+colored(' Only Responses will be downloaded for the input.','white'))
         elif args.mode == 'B':
             write(colored('-mode: ' + args.mode, 'magenta')+colored(' URLs will be retrieved AND Responses will be downloaded for the input.','white'))
+
+        if args.config is not None:
+            write(colored('-c: ' + args.config, 'magenta')+colored(' The path of the config.yml file.','white'))
 
         if not inputIsDomainANDPath:
             if args.no_subs:
@@ -366,16 +369,25 @@ def getConfig():
             HTTP_ADAPTER = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
         except Exception as e:
             writerr(colored('ERROR getConfig 2: ' + str(e), 'red'))
+
         # Try to get the config file values
-        try:        
-            waymorePath = Path(
-                os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-            )
-            waymorePath.absolute
-            if waymorePath == '':
-                configPath = 'config.yml'
+        try:
+            # Get the path of the config file. If -c / --config argument is not passed, then it defaults to config.yml in the same directory as the run file
+            if args.config is None:        
+                waymorePath = Path(
+                    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+                )
+                waymorePath.absolute
+                if waymorePath == '':
+                    configPath = 'config.yml'
+                else:
+                    configPath = Path(waymorePath / 'config.yml')
             else:
-                configPath = Path(waymorePath / 'config.yml')
+                try:
+                    waymorePath = args.config
+                    configPath = Path(waymorePath)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(str(e))
             config = yaml.safe_load(open(configPath))
             try:
                 FILTER_URL = config.get('FILTER_URL')
@@ -432,7 +444,10 @@ def getConfig():
                 CONTINUE_RESPONSES_IF_PIPED = True
 
         except:
-            writerr(colored('WARNING: Cannot find config.yml, so using default values', 'yellow'))
+            if args.config is None:
+                writerr(colored('WARNING: Cannot find file "config.yml", so using default values', 'yellow'))
+            else:
+                writerr(colored('WARNING: Cannot find file "' + args.config + '", so using default values', 'yellow'))
             FILTER_URL = DEFAULT_FILTER_URL
             FILTER_MIME = DEFAULT_FILTER_MIME
             FILTER_CODE = DEFAULT_FILTER_CODE
@@ -2108,6 +2123,12 @@ def argcheckPercent(value):
         action="store_true",
         help="If this argument is passed, a waymore.new file will also be written that will contain links for the latest run.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--config",
+        action="store",
+        help="Path to the YML config file. If not passed, it looks for file 'config.yml' in the same directory as runtime file 'waymore.py'.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help="Verbose output")
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='store_true', help="Show version number")
     args = parser.parse_args()

waymore/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__="1.11"
+__version__="1.12"