The safebrowsing
Go package can be used with the
Google Safe Browsing APIs (v4)
to access the Google Safe Browsing lists of unsafe web resources. Inside the
cmd
sub-directory, you can find two programs: sblookup
and sbserver
. The
sbserver
program creates a proxy local server to check URLs and a URL
redirector to redirect users to a warning page for unsafe URLs. The sblookup
program is a command line service that can also be used to check URLs.
This README.md is a quickstart guide on how to build, deploy, and use the
safebrowsing
Go package. It can be used out-of-the-box. The GoDoc and API
documentation provide more details on fine tuning the parameters if desired.
To use the safebrowsing
Go package you must obtain an API key from the
Google Developer Console. For more
information, see the Get Started section of the Google Safe Browsing APIs (v4)
documentation.
To download and install from the source, run the following command:
go get github.com/google/safebrowsing
The programs below execute from your $GOPATH/bin
folder.
Add that to your $PATH
for convenience:
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
The sbserver
server binary runs a Safe Browsing API lookup proxy that allows
users to check URLs via a simple JSON API. The server also runs an URL
redirector to show an interstitial for anything marked unsafe. The interstitial
shows warnings recommended by Safe Browsing.
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Once the Go environment is setup, run the following command with your API key:
go get github.com/google/safebrowsing/cmd/sbserver sbserver -apikey $APIKEY
With the default settings this will start a local server at 127.0.0.1:8080.
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Load the proxy server redirector in any web browser. Try these URLs:
127.0.0.1:8080/r?url=http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/MALWARE/URL/ 127.0.0.1:8080/r?url=http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/SOCIAL_ENGINEERING/URL/ 127.0.0.1:8080/r?url=http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/UNWANTED_SOFTWARE/URL/ 127.0.0.1:8080/r?url=http://www.google.com/
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To use the local proxy server to check a URL, send a POST request with the following JSON body:
{ "threatInfo": { "threatEntries": [ {"url": "google.com"}, {"url": "http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/MALWARE/URL/"} ] } }
Refer to the [Google Safe Browsing APIs (v4)] (https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/v4/) for the format of the JSON request.
The sblookup
command-line binary is another example of how the Go Safe
Browsing library can be used to protect users from unsafe URLs. This
command-line tool filters unsafe URLs piped via STDIN. Example usage:
$ go get github.com/google/safebrowsing/cmd/sblookup
$ echo "http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/MALWARE/URL/" | sblookup -apikey=$APIKEY
Unsafe URL found: http://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/MALWARE/URL/ [{testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/apiv4/ANY_PLATFORM/MALWARE/URL/ {MALWARE ANY_PLATFORM URL}}]
To perform an end-to-end test on the package with the Safe Browsing backend, run the following command:
go test github.com/google/safebrowsing -v -run TestSafeBrowser -apikey $APIKEY