CFPsec is program to list Call For Papers or upcoming Hacking/Security Conferences based on cfptime.org website.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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CFPsec has been tested on Ubuntu and Windows 11. Likely, it also works on other operating systems. Before using CFPsec, execute:
$ Install Python 3.9 or newer.
$ pip install cfpsec
To use the CFPsec, execute the command as shown below:
usage: cfpsec <action> [options]
Actions:
--cfp List open Call For Papers.
--up List upcoming conferences.
--conf List all conferences (open CFP + upcoming combined).
--prev List previously held conferences (paginated).
--cfp-id ID Show full detail for a single CFP by its numeric ID.
--conf-id ID Show full detail for a single conference by its numeric ID.
Filtering & Sorting:
--filter KEYWORD Filter by conference name or city (case-insensitive).
--country CC Filter by country name or code.
--days N Show only events starting within the next N days.
--sort Sort by date.
--limit N Cap the number of rows displayed.
Pagination (--prev only):
--page N Page number.
--page-size N Number of records per page.
Output:
--output FORMAT Output format: text (default), json, or csv.
--background BG Terminal background: dark or light (default: auto-detected).
-q, --quiet Suppress the banner.
--version Show program version and exit.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
Version 2.0:
This version:
* Adds --conf option to list all conferences (open CFP + upcoming combined).
* Adds --prev option to list previously held conferences with server-side
pagination (--page, --page-size).
* Adds --cfp-id and --conf-id options for full detail view of a single record.
* Adds --filter keyword search by conference name or city.
* Adds --country filter for country-based filtering.
* Adds --days filter to show only events within the next N days.
* Adds --sort to order results by date.
* Adds --limit to cap the number of displayed rows.
* Adds --output json|csv for structured output suitable for scripting.
* Adds --background dark|light with automatic terminal background detection (COLORFGBG).
* Adds -q/--quiet flag to suppress the banner.
* Adds --version flag.
* Adds startup banner with tool name, version, and author.
* Fixes colorama initialization for correct ANSI support on Windows.
* Adds HTTP retry logic with exponential backoff on transient server errors.
* Adds browser-compatible User-Agent header required by the cfptime.org API.
* Adds ANSI escape sequence sanitization to prevent terminal injection from API data.
* Adds CSV formula injection protection for spreadsheet safety.
* Fixes unhandled JSONDecodeError with improved API error diagnostics.
* Enforces integer type on --cfp-id and --conf-id to prevent URL injection.
* Removes simplejson dependency (standard library json is used throughout).
* Updates minimum dependency versions: colorama>=0.4.6, requests>=2.26.0.
Version 1.5:
This version:
* Fixes the --cfp option to reflect a structural change on the cfptime.org.
Version 1.4:
This version:
* Presents a full refactoring of the code.
Version 1.3:
This version:
* Fixes have been introduced.
* Slight changes in the Python code.
Version 1.2:
This version:
* Small fixes have been introduced.
* Small structure change.
Version 1.0.2:
This version:
* Introduces a small fix.
Version 1.0.1:
This version:
* Introduces the possibility to install the cfpsec by using
the Python pip module: pip install cfpsec.
Version 1.0:
This version:
* Includes the -c option to list Call for Papers of Hacking/Security Conferences.
* Includes the -u option to list upcoming Hacking/Security Conferences.