Not to worry; there’s definitely no sensitive information in here and it’s from a preprod environment.
(If you’re able to figure out a way to use that key field, you’re either going to get shot by the FBI or hired by the CIA.)
It is a file created that records information about files in another folder. I just want to extract some values from it. I would have expected this to be in like, xml or json. I believe the program that generated this file is written in Lua, but I don’t know Lua.
Security by obscurity is no security at all. You should really invalidate and change the key. I personally would fire you if I ever found out you leaked credentials and then did nothing about it.
This isn’t even an encryption key. It’s a unique name generated for the image. My guess is it uses the word ‘key’ because the ‘value’ is the image file.
local function to_json(obj)
local result = {}
for key, value in pairs(obj) do
if type(value) == "string" then
value = string.format("\"%s\"", value)
elseif type(value) == "table" then
value = to_json(value)
end
table.insert(result, string.format("\"%s\":%s", key, value))
end
return "{" .. table.concat(result, ",") .. "}"
end
function item(obj)
print(to_json(obj))
end
dofile(arg[1])
It just defines the item function to print json, and executes the data file.
arg[1], the first command line argument, is the path to the data file:
$ lua to_json.lua path/to/datafile.list
and pipe the output to something.json or whatever else you want to do.
It’s not really a standalone file format, it’s executable Lua code.
It returns a new item with the given table contents.
That syntax with the keys in square brackets is the “long-form” method of creating a new table, that’s allows the use of spaces and dashes in the key name.
assuming you run it in the right lua environment. The item function must be defined, and we’re only speculating about its return value without seeing proper docs, or the source
the code is constructing a table, and passing it to a function called item. But if all you need is the data, you can just remove the function call and assign the table to a variable like so: local myvar = {…}.
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Not to worry; there’s definitely no sensitive information in here and it’s from a preprod environment.
(If you’re able to figure out a way to use that key field, you’re either going to get shot by the FBI or hired by the CIA.)
It is a file created that records information about files in another folder. I just want to extract some values from it. I would have expected this to be in like, xml or json. I believe the program that generated this file is written in Lua, but I don’t know Lua.
Security by obscurity is no security at all. You should really invalidate and change the key. I personally would fire you if I ever found out you leaked credentials and then did nothing about it.
This isn’t even an encryption key. It’s a unique name generated for the image. My guess is it uses the word ‘key’ because the ‘value’ is the image file.
This is also my preprod environment.
WTH is this shit? @postwatchbot@lemy.lol
lua code apparently
Almost looks like mongodb output. What’s the file extension?
It’s .list
I believe the program that generated this file is written in Lua
I think it’s just normal Lua code.
Here’s a quick json converter (based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/55575074), assuming you have lua installed:
It just defines the
itemfunction to print json, and executes the data file.arg[1], the first command line argument, is the path to the data file:and pipe the output to
something.jsonor whatever else you want to do.Looks like somebody rewrote json to require brackets around keys and to require semicolons? Very likely custom.
The semi-colons threw me off… why is it not commas? Could be custom. Hope it isn’t…
WTFON
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I assume the semicolons would break it.
It’s not really a standalone file format, it’s executable Lua code.
It returns a new item with the given table contents.
That syntax with the keys in square brackets is the “long-form” method of creating a new table, that’s allows the use of spaces and dashes in the key name.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34687498/what-is-the-function-of-square-brackets-around-table-keys-in-lua
Maybe this is the lua-equivelent of a python Pickle file?
Ohhhhh…
Ok so I just have to write a bit of Lua to utilise the file and give me the info I want.
Thanks!
assuming you run it in the right lua environment. The item function must be defined, and we’re only speculating about its return value without seeing proper docs, or the source
Item is a function?
Well actually, yeah thats kinda obvious isn’t it now I look at the whole thing.
Thats fine, I’ll just use a bit of the old sed and json it.
Aha I have avoided learning Lua yet again!
the code is constructing a table, and passing it to a function called item. But if all you need is the data, you can just remove the function call and assign the table to a variable like so: local myvar = {…}.
then you can just manipulate the table as usual.
actually those semicolons indicate this isn’t actually lua, they are invalid in table constructors afaik
Unfortunately, this sequence is repeated many many times, so I would need to do a for-each and construct a new table for each inner section…
There’s gotta be a better way. Time to read the source code and hijack whatever item() is doing.
This isn’t Lua code, Lua requires commas as separators for table items.EDIT: Retracted, it seems like Lua allows this madness
Lua isn’t that picky.
Wow. Seems like I will never stop learning new things about Lua.