Python for Secret Agents, 2nd Edition

Book Description

Gather, analyze, and decode data to reveal hidden facts using Python, the perfect tool for all aspiring secret agents

About This Book

• Discover the essential features of Python programming: statements, variables, expressions, and many of the built-in data types
• Use Python’s standard library to do more sophisticated data gathering and analysis
• Written by a Python programming expert, with over 35 years’ experience as a consultant, teacher, author and software developer

Who This Book Is For

This book is for Secret Agents who have some exposure to Python. Our focus is on the Field Agents who are ready to do more sophisticated and complex programming in Python. We’ll stick to simple statistics for the most part. A steady hand with a soldering iron is not required, but a skilled field agent should be able to assemble a working Arduino circuit to gather their own sensor data.

What You Will Learn

• Upgrade Python to the latest version and discover its latest and greatest tools
• Use Python libraries to extract data from log files that are designed more for people to read than for automated analysis
• Summarize log files and extract meaningful information
• Gather data from social networking sites and leverage your experience of analyzing log files to summarize the data you find
• Extract text and images from social networking sites
• Parse the complex and confusing data structures in a PDF file to extract meaningful text that we can analyze
• Connect small, intelligent devices to our computer to use them as remote sensors
• Use Python to analyze measurements from sensors to calibrate them and use sensors efficiently

In Detail

Python is easy to learn and extensible programming language that allows any manner of secret agent to work with a variety of data. Agents from beginners to seasoned veterans will benefit from Python’s simplicity and sophistication. The standard library provides numerous packages that move beyond simple beginner missions. The Python ecosystem of related packages and libraries supports deep information processing.

This book will guide you through the process of upgrading your Python-based toolset for intelligence gathering, analysis, and communication. You’ll explore the ways Python is used to analyze web logs to discover the trails of activities that can be found in web and database servers. We’ll also look at how we can use Python to discover details of the social network by looking at the data available from social networking websites.

Finally, you’ll see how to extract history from PDF files, which opens up new sources of data, and you’ll learn about the ways you can gather data using an Arduino-based sensor device.

Style and approach

Each chapter will include a background briefing that covers an essential Python technology. After some in-depth exploration of the features, the chapter will conclude with a mission that is a concrete application of the Python tools and techniques covered.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. New Missions – New Tools
Chapter 2. Tracks, Trails, and Logs
Chapter 3. Following the Social Network
Chapter 4. Dredging up History
Chapter 5. Data Collection Gadgets

中文：

书名：Python for Secret Agents, 2nd Edition

使用Python收集、分析和解码数据以揭示隐藏的事实，这是所有有抱负的秘密特工的完美工具

About This Book

• 了解Python编程的基本功能：语句、变量、表达式和许多内置数据类型
• 使用Python的标准库进行更复杂的数据收集和分析
• Written by a Python programming expert, with over 35 years’ experience as a consultant, teacher, author and software developer

Who This Book Is For

这本书是为接触过Python的秘密特工写的。我们的重点是现场代理，他们准备好用Python进行更复杂和更复杂的编程。我们将在很大程度上坚持简单的统计数据。不需要稳定的手和烙铁，但熟练的现场代理应该能够组装一个工作正常的Arduino电路来收集他们自己的传感器数据。

What You Will Learn

• 将Python升级到最新版本并了解其最新和最棒的工具
• 使用Python库从日志文件中提取数据，这些文件更适合人们阅读，而不是用于自动分析
• 汇总日志文件并提取有意义的信息
• 从社交网站收集数据，并利用您分析日志文件的经验来汇总您找到的数据
• 从社交网站中提取文本和图像
• 解析PDF文件中复杂且令人困惑的数据结构，以提取我们可以分析的有意义的文本
• 将小型智能设备连接到我们的计算机，将其用作远程传感器
• Use Python to analyze measurements from sensors to calibrate them and use sensors efficiently

In Detail

Python是一种易于学习和可扩展的编程语言，它允许任何形式的秘密代理处理各种数据。从初学者到经验丰富的老手，代理都将受益于Python的简单和复杂。标准库提供了许多超越简单初学者任务的包。相关包和库的Python生态系统支持深度信息处理。

本书将指导您完成升级基于Python的工具集以进行情报收集、分析和通信的过程。您将探索使用Python分析Web日志的方法，以发现在Web和数据库服务器中可以找到的活动的踪迹。我们还将研究如何通过查看社交网站上提供的数据来使用Python来发现社交网络的细节。

最后，您将了解如何从PDF文件中提取历史记录，从而打开新的数据来源，并了解使用基于Arduino的传感器设备收集数据的方法。

Style and approach

每一章都将包括一个背景简介，其中介绍了一种基本的Python技术。在深入探讨了这些特性之后，本章将以一个任务作为结束，该任务是所涵盖的Python工具和技术的具体应用。

Table of Contents

第1章.新使命–新工具
第2章.磁道、路径和日志
第三章：关注社交网络
第四章.挖掘历史
第5章.数据收集小工具