feat: Printing the url list to txt file with output-file

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 /main*
 /dist
 /snap.login
+/output/*
+*.json
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/go,linux,macos,windows,intellij+all,visualstudiocode
 # Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=go,linux,macos,windows,intellij+all,visualstudiocode

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # crab
+
 [![.github/workflows/build.yml](https://github.com/atomicptr/crab/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/atomicptr/crab/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/atomicptr/crab)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/atomicptr/crab)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/atomicptr/crab/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/atomicptr/crab?branch=master)
 
 A versatile tool to crawl dozens of URLs from a given source, like a sitemap or an URL list.
 
 Useful for:
+
 * Warming site caches
 * Checking response times
 * Identifying dead or broken pages
@@ -16,6 +18,16 @@ Useful for:
 
 [You can download the newest release from here for Linux (including .deb and .rpm), macOS and Windows.](https://github.com/atomicptr/crab/releases/)
 
+### Build Command (Personal & Development Usage)
+
+```bash
+#Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) & MacOS
+$ go build -o crab cmd/crab/main.go
+
+#Windows
+$ go build -o crab.exe cmd/crab/main.go
+```
+
 ### Docker
 
 [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/atomicptr/crab)
@@ -85,6 +97,24 @@ $ crab crawl:sitemap https://domain.com/sitemap.xml --filter-status=200,404
 $ crab crawl:sitemap https://domain.com/sitemap.xml --filter-status=>500
 ```
 
+### Save Url List in File
+
+You can save the url list to a file
+
+```bash
+# This will save the output to a file called output.txt
+$ crab crawl:sitemap https://domain.com/sitemap.xml --output-file ./output/output.txt
+```
+
+### Save Output to JSON
+
+You can save the output to a JSON file
+
+```bash
+# This will save the output to a file called output.json
+$ crab crawl:sitemap https://domain.com/sitemap.xml --output-json ./output/output.json
+```
+
 ## License
 
-MIT
+[MIT](./LICENSE)

go.mod

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ module github.com/atomicptr/crab
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0
+	github.com/beevik/etree v1.3.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0 h1:T0xke/WvNtMoCqgzPhkX2r4rjY3GDZFi+FjpRZY2Jbs=
-github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0/go.mod h1:r8Aw8JqVegEf0w2fDnATrX9VpkMcyFeM0FhwO62wh+A=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/beevik/etree v1.3.0 h1:hQTc+pylzIKDb23yYprodCWWTt+ojFfUZyzU09a/hmU=
+github.com/beevik/etree v1.3.0/go.mod h1:aiPf89g/1k3AShMVAzriilpcE4R/Vuor90y83zVZWFc=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 h1:U3uMjPSQEBMNp1lFxmllqCPM6P5u/Xq7Pgzkat/bFNc=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1 h1:o94oiPyS4KD1mPy2fmcYYHHfCxLqYjJOhGsCHFZtEzA=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1/go.mod h1:IOw/AERYS7UzyrGinqmz6HLUo219MORXGxhbaJUqzrY=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=

pkg/cli/crawl/commons.go

@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ func registerStandardCrawlCommandFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, flagOptions *crawlerF
 		"",
 		"filter logs by status",
 	)
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
+		&flagOptions.OutputFile,
+		"output-file",
+		"",
+		"",
+		"set output file for results in text format (example: \"./path/to/output.txt\")",
+	)
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
+		&flagOptions.OutputJson,
+		"output-json",
+		"",
+		"",
+		"set output file for results in json format (example: \"./path/to/output.json\")",
+	)
 }
 
 func registerStandardCrawlCommandFlagModifiers(modifier *crawler.RequestModifier, flagOptions crawlerFlagOptions) {
@@ -110,6 +124,8 @@ func crawlUrls(urls []string, modifier crawler.RequestModifier, flagOptions craw
 		},
 		FilterStatusQuery: flagOptions.FilterStatusQuery,
 		OutWriter:         outWriter,
+		OutputFile:        flagOptions.OutputFile,
+		OutputJson:        flagOptions.OutputJson,
 	}
 	crawl.Crawl(requests)
 

pkg/cli/crawl/flags.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type crawlerFlagOptions struct {
 	FilterStatusQuery string
 	cookieMap         map[string]string
 	headerMap         map[string]string
+	OutputFile        string
+	OutputJson        string
 }
 
 const (

pkg/crawler/crawler.go

@@ -10,17 +10,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-//Crawler crawls urls in parallel
+// Crawler crawls urls in parallel
 type Crawler struct {
 	HttpClient        http.Client
 	NumberOfWorkers   int
 	FilterStatusQuery string
 	OutWriter         io.Writer
 	statusFilter      *filter.Filter
 	printMutex        sync.Mutex
+	OutputFile        string
+	OutputJson        string
 }
 
-//Crawl crawls a list of HTTP requests with a set number of workers
+// Crawl crawls a list of HTTP requests with a set number of workers
 func (c *Crawler) Crawl(requests []*http.Request) {
 	requestNum := len(requests)
 

pkg/crawler/log.go

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/atomicptr/crab/pkg/filter"
@@ -17,8 +20,26 @@ func (c *Crawler) safePrintln(statusCode int, message string) {
 
 	if c.statusFilter.IsValid(c.FilterStatusQuery, int64(statusCode)) {
 		c.printMutex.Lock()
+		defer c.printMutex.Unlock()
+
+		logsToFile := false
+
+		if c.OutputJson != "" {
+			c.writeLineToJsonFile(message, c.OutputJson)
+			logsToFile = true
+		}
+
+		if c.OutputFile != "" {
+			c.writeLineToFile(message, c.OutputFile)
+			logsToFile = true
+		}
+
+		// dont log to stdout if we log to file
+		if logsToFile {
+			return
+		}
+
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(c.OutWriter, message)
-		c.printMutex.Unlock()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,3 +77,98 @@ func escapeString(str string) string {
 	}
 	return string(b)
 }
+
+// assureFileExists Check if file path exists and create the file otherwise
+func (c *Crawler) assureFileExists(filePath string) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(filePath), 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		_, err := os.Create(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// writeLineToFile Writes message to file
+func (c *Crawler) writeLineToFile(message, filePath string) {
+	err := c.assureFileExists(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(filePath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	data := struct {
+		Err      string
+		Status   int
+		Url      string
+		Time     int
+		Duration int
+	}{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(message), &data); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if data.Err != "" {
+		_, err = file.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s\t%d\t%dms", data.Err, data.Url, data.Time, data.Duration) + "\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err = file.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%d\t%s\t%d\t%dms", data.Status, data.Url, data.Time, data.Duration) + "\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// writeJsonFile Write message to json file
+func (c *Crawler) writeLineToJsonFile(message, filePath string) {
+	err := c.assureFileExists(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(file) == 0 {
+		file = []byte("[]")
+	}
+
+	var temp []map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(file, &temp); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var msg map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(message), &msg); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	temp = append(temp, msg)
+
+	jsonData, err := json.MarshalIndent(temp, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(filePath, jsonData, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}