custom module not loading about fame

[Augustin-FL]

Hi,

Few things here :

• In order to import a module, you need to use the add module feature on the web interface (or you need to use do_clone() in a python script...see install.py for details). Editing the file structure directly is not supported, and will not work
• This is because some additional operations are being carried out when cloning/updating a repo. More specifically:
  • After the clone/pull, FAME will try to (re)import all python files of the repo, looking for instances of Module classes in them.
  • If it finds any, it will register it in the database. This will cause the module to appear on the web interface, to be considered by the worker, etc...
  • Note that python files that are invalid (syntax error, import error, etc..) are silently ignored. This is the reason why most modules have try/except blocks when importing external dependencies (the search for Module classes is done before installing requirements.txt)
  • The code carrying out the imports/search of Module classes can be found here.

What likely happens is that your python file yara_proc.py has an error, and that FAME is not able to import it (why? I can't tell without seeing your python module).
You could possibly tune the try/except in module_dispatcher to reveal & analyse the error?

This issue make me think of a new feature to be added : to display a warning message on the web interface when FAME is not being able to import a python file.

Also, regarding troubleshoot.py : indeed, thanks for the report. This will be corrected.

[phate1]

Hey, thanks for the swift reply!
that was indeed the problem it relied on a lib that needed installing, I wrongly assumed the requirements would be processed before trying to run it.
I can now see the module in the UI ... it still doesn't work but I can figure that out from here :)