Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: ricloud
Version: 1.0.4
Summary: Client for Reincubate's iCloud API
Home-page: https://github.com/reincubate/ricloud
Author: Ben Emery
Author-email: ben@reincubate.com
License: AGPLv3
Download-URL: https://github.com/reincubate/ricloud/tarball/v1.0.4
Description: ricloud: iCloud access made easy
        ================================
        
        This is a sample Python library for interaction with Reincubate's iCloud
        API. The Reincubate iCloud API provides powerful programmatic iCloud
        access to investigators, application developers and integrators. It is
        RESTful and makes many commonly-accessed forms of data available as JSON
        feeds.
        
        The API includes functionality for extraction, manipulation and recovery
        of many types of iOS data, and has functionality to support bulk,
        scheduled, and realtime data access. It fully supports iOS 9
        CloudKit-based iCloud backups, and backups created with the new A9
        chipsets.
        
        JSON feed vs raw file access
        ----------------------------
        
        There are two core parts to the API: the JSON feed mechanism, and the
        raw file access mechanism. The JSON feeds come with a number of
        advantages:
        
        -  Access to feed data is generally faster and scales better than raw
           file access
        -  App data stored in databases and Plists is prone to change in format
           and location over time; the JSON feed abstracts away that complexity
           so that you needn't worry.
        -  Users of the JSON feeds are able to take advantage of Reincubate's
           proprietary techniques in extracting app data, such that the
           resultant data is more accurate.
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        The library can be installed with a single command:
        
        .. code:: bash
        
            $ pip install ricloud
        
        A sample script is included which provides an example of how the API can
        be used to access a range of datatypes in a way that is compatible with
        Apple's 2FA mechanism.
        
        .. code:: bash
        
            $ python -c "from ricloud.sample_script import main; main();"
        
        Configuration
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The API relies on a set of security credentials, which are stored in an
        ``ricloud.ini`` file. This package ships with a default configuration
        file which enables limited access to the API for demonstration purposes.
        Full access can be gained by contacting
        `Reincubate <mailto:enterprise@reincubate.com>`__.
        
        The default credentials can be overridden by creating an override file
        named ``.ricloud.ini`` in the running user's ``HOME`` directory.
        Alternately, an ``RICLOUD_CONF`` environment variable can be set,
        specifying the full path and filename of the configuration file.
        
        This file should have the following details:
        
        .. code:: yaml
        
            [auth]
            # Required and supplied by Reincubate
            user =
            key =
        
            [test]
            # If you want to run automated tests against your account, set these.
            user =
            key =
            apple_id =
            password =
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        Authentication against the API and listing iCloud data
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        .. code:: python
        
            from ricloud.api import RiCloud
        
            api = RiCloud()
        
            # Login to iCloud. If you have two factor authentication enabled then you'll need
            # submit a challenge request and a response. Have a look at the sample_script.py
            # file for an example of this.
            api.login(APPLE_ID, APPLE_PASSWORD)
        
            # Now we have a list of the devices connected to this account stored in `api.devices`
            # Let's have a look:
            print api.devices
        
        Using the JSON feed API
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The API is able to return data retrieved from a wide range of apps, and
        enumerations for some of these are baked into the sample API. However,
        we have many other types of app feeds available, including Viber, Kik,
        WeChat, Line, and others.
        
            We also have functionality such as message undeletion which can be
            enabled on demand against API keys.
        
        To choose which data types to return in the feed, users can pass a mask
        of data types to the ``BackupClient.request_data`` method. To select
        multiple data types, separate each type with the bitwise OR ``|``
        operator. For example to select both SMS and photo data:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            # SMS and photo retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_SMS | BackupClient.DATA_PHOTOS
        
        If no selection is made, the API will return all available data
        available. The following is an example of how to select which data to
        retrieve.
        
        Device-specific iOS data
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        
        .. code:: python
        
            # For Message (SMS, MMS, iMessage) retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_SMS
        
            # For photo retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_PHOTOS
        
            # For browser history retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_BROWSER_HISTORY
        
            # For call history retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_CALL_HISTORY
        
            # For list of installed apps
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_INSTALLED_APPS
        
            # For device contact retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_CONTACTS
        
        iCloud account-specific data
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        
        .. code:: python
        
            # For iCloud contact retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_WEB_CONTACTS
        
            # For location retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_WEB_LOCATION
        
        App-specific data
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        
        .. code:: python
        
            # For WhatsApp message retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_WHATSAPP_MESSAGES
        
            # For Skype message retrieval
            requested_data = BackupClient.DATA_SKYPE_MESSAGES
        
        Simple sample script
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        
        Putting this all together, a simple script to access iCloud data as a
        JSON feed looks like this:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            from datetime import datetime
            import json
        
            from ricloud.api import RiCloud
            from ricloud.backup import BackupClient
        
            api = RiCloud()
        
            # Login to iCloud. If you have two factor authentication enabled then you'll need
            # submit a challenge request and a response. Have a look at the sample_script.py
            # file for an example of this.
            api.login(APPLE_ID, APPLE_PASSWORD)
        
            # Now we have a list of the devices connected to this account stored in `api.devices`
            # For this sample script, let's just look at the first device
            device = api.devices.keys()[0]
        
            # Build a bit mask of the data we want to access. If you don't set this then the
            # API will supply all the information your account has access to.
            data_types = BackupClient.DATA_SMS | BackupClient.DATA_INSTALLED_APPS
        
            # Ask for any new data since the Jan 1st 2015. If you don't supply this, the API
            # will return ALL data available.
            since = datetime(2015, 1, 1)
        
            # Fire the request
            data = api.backup_client.request_data(device, data_mask=data_types, since=since)
        
            # Print the output to console
            print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
        
            # Let's get any attachments which have been referenced by the messages
            # The arguments for `download_file` are the `device_id` to download from
            # and the `file_id`.
            for sms in data['sms']:
                for attachment in sms['attachments']:
                    with open(attachment['filename'], 'wb') as out:
                        api.backup_client.download_file(device, attachment['file_id'], out)
        
        Using the raw file access API
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The raw file access API is available for downloading message
        attachments, or directly downloading more esoteric files from the
        iCloud.
        
            As noted above, it is invariably better to use the JSON feeds when
            working with app data. The JSON feeds provide faster and more
            accurate data access.
        
        The ``BackupClient.download_file`` method takes a ``file_id``,
        ``device_id`` and a file handle to write the file to. ``file_id``\ s are
        built from SHA-1 hashes of a file's AppDomain and filename.
        
        .. code:: python
        
            out = open(filename, 'wb')
            api.backup_client.download_file(device_id, file_id, out)
        
        Sample ``file_id``\ s
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        
        Common hash keys associated with apps for direct file access include the
        following.
        
        -  SMS: ``3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28``
        -  WhatsApp: ``1b6b187a1b60b9ae8b720c79e2c67f472bab09c0``,
           ``1c6a49018bcace96656e4fe8f08d572ce071b92c``,
           ``7c7fba66680ef796b916b067077cc246adacf01d``
        -  Viber: ``b39bac0d347adfaf172527f97c3a5fa3df726a3a``
        -  Kik: ``8e281be6657d4523710d96341b6f86ba89b56df7``
        
        Troubleshooting
        ---------------
        
        The JSON feed returns a message: "Contact enterprise@reincubate.com for access to this data"
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        This message will be returned when the demonstration key is used. Please
        contact us for a trial key with access to more data. If you already have
        a trial key, are you correctly specifying it in your ``~/.ricloud.ini``
        file? Note that the file has a period at the start.
        
        Need more functionality?
        ------------------------
        
        Reincubate builds world class iOS and app data access and recovery
        technology. The company was founded in 2008 and was first to market with
        iOS backup extraction technology, consumer backup decryption, and more
        recently with enterprise iCloud support. Clients include law
        enforcement, government and security organisations in the US and
        internationally, and to corporations as large as Microsoft and IBM.
        
            Users with simpler needs may wish to try the `iPhone Backup
            Extractor <%3Chttp://www.iphonebackupextractor.com>`__, which
            provides a set of iCloud functionality better suited to consumers.
        
        With six years' experience helping police forces, law firms and
        forensics labs access iOS data, the company can help enterprise users
        with:
        
        -  iCloud access and data recovery
        -  Recovery of data deleted from SQLite databases
        -  Bulk iOS data recovery
        -  Forensic examination of iOS data
        -  Passcode, password and keybag analysis
        -  Custom iOS app data extraction
        -  Advanced PList, TypedStream and Mbdb manipulation
        
        Contact `Reincubate <mailto:enterprise@reincubate.com>`__ for more
        information, or see our site at
        `reincubate.com <https://www.reincubate.com>`__.
        
        Terms & license
        ---------------
        
        Users must not use the API in any way that is unlawful, illegal,
        fraudulent or harmful; or in connection with any unlawful, illegal,
        fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity. See the ``LICENSE`` file.
        Full terms are available from
        `Reincubate <mailto:enterprise@reincubate.com>`__.
        
        Copyright © Reincubate Ltd, 2011 - 2015, all rights reserved.
        
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Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
