jmcph4/mph

Python API for interfacing with arbitrary executables

MPH

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MPH (managed program host) is a Python package providing an API for interfacing with arbitrary executables in a generic way. It should be noted that MPH is not a virtual machine, nor is it a emulator of any sort. MPH simply provides an API for providing input and output to arbitrary executables.

Using MPH, users can provide input to arbitrary guest executables and retrieve the output (on both stdout and stderr) and the return value of the program.

Examples

from mph import program

prog = program.Program("/path/to/myprog", [])   # initialise program
prog.append_string_stdin("Hello, world!")       # write to stdin
prog.exec()                                     # run program

# check return value of gues executable
if prog.retval == 0:
    print(prog.stdout)
else:
    print("Inferior returned with return code " + str(prog.retval) + "\n")