you are now successfully able to launch the sqlmap API automatically using the --auto flag (issue #58)

etc/checksum/md5sum.md5

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-be5c457a19611d8e7f22477ebf733e11  ./zeus.py
+9874a6fea201b6c9a9105c61256c0335  ./zeus.py
 6ad5f22ec4a6f8324bfb1b01ab6d51ec  ./etc/scripts/cleanup.sh
 155c9482f690f1482f324a7ffd8b8098  ./etc/scripts/fix_pie.sh
 0e435c641bc636ac0b3d54e032d9cf6a  .etc/scripts/install_nmap.sh
-fa53722189548fe405014fd3a4b32cc5  .etc/scripts/launch_sqlmap.sh
+4b32db388e8acda35570c734d27c950c  .etc/scripts/launch_sqlmap.sh
 642a77905d8bb4e5533e0e9c2137c0fa  ./etc/agents.txt
 66b11aa388ea909de7b212341259a318  ./etc/auths/git_auth
 8f686b05c5c5dfc02f0fcaa7ebc8677c  ./etc/auths/whois_auth
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ c10fdf73c2b655e07d13ac8103bd321e  ./lib/tamper_scripts/space2null_encode.py
 3b8c95a6a3b7cecce5118f2fb1ccc6b8  ./lib/tamper_scripts/appendnull_encode.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/__init__.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/attacks/__init__.py
-7aa70ffff764fc1d884adcc12f6825e1  ./lib/attacks/sqlmap_scan/__init__.py
+a48dc0484668393bece144e102273e99  ./lib/attacks/sqlmap_scan/__init__.py
 5e5bb575014ebe613db6bf671d008cf8  ./lib/attacks/sqlmap_scan/sqlmap_opts.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/attacks/whois_lookup/__init__.py
 f27322b9716e1a2b0b0b0487f3149474  ./lib/attacks/whois_lookup/whois.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ f5e10264d98d8c59b3d5ae86051bbcf2  ./lib/attacks/nmap_scan/__init__.py
 c5ebb0c56c9ae3b9a72a14e3f05afa16  ./lib/attacks/intel_me/__init__.py
 1faa2b5dfad6eb538bbfe42942d2a9da  ./lib/core/errors.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/core/__init__.py
-98680e3f6a2618f9d2acdf89575afd17  ./lib/core/settings.py
+5e744093802861aa8548c29847fd3dbf  ./lib/core/settings.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/google_search/__init__.py
 b8761604c5d4f88ae653526057491a5f  ./var/google_search/search.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/__init__.py

etc/scripts/launch_sqlmap.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 
 USR_PATH=$2
 
-echo $USR_PATH
-
-python "$USR_PATH/sqlmapapi.py -s"
+python "$USR_PATH/sqlmapapi.py" -s

lib/attacks/sqlmap_scan/__init__.py

@@ -131,19 +131,30 @@ def sqlmap_scan_main(url, port=None, verbose=None, opts=None, auto_start=False):
     found_path = find_sqlmap()
 
     if auto_start:
-        lib.core.settings.logger.error(lib.core.settings.set_color(
+        '''lib.core.settings.logger.error(lib.core.settings.set_color(
             "auto start is not enabled yet, please start the API manually..."
         ))
         lib.core.settings.prompt(
             "press enter when ready..."
-        )
-        '''lib.core.settings.logger.info(lib.core.settings.set_color(
+        )'''
+        lib.core.settings.logger.info(lib.core.settings.set_color(
             "attempting to launch sqlmap API..."
         ))
-        subprocess.call("sudo sh {} p {}".format(lib.core.settings.LAUNCH_SQLMAP_API_TOOL, found_path))
-        lib.core.settings.logger.info(lib.core.settings.set_color(
-            "sqlmap API is up and running, continuing process..."
-        ))'''
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            ["sudo", "sh", "{}".format(lib.core.settings.LAUNCH_SQLMAP_API_TOOL), "p", "{}".format("".join(found_path))],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE
+        )
+        if is_started:
+            lib.core.settings.logger.info(lib.core.settings.set_color(
+                "sqlmap API is up and running, continuing process..."
+            ))
+        else:
+            lib.core.settings.logger.error(lib.core.settings.set_color(
+                "there was a problem starting sqlmap API...", level=40
+            ))
+            lib.core.settings.prompt(
+                "manually start the API and press enter when ready..."
+            )
     else:
         if not is_started:
             lib.core.settings.prompt(

lib/core/settings.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PATCH_ID = str(subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "origin/master"]))[:
 # clone link
 CLONE = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner.git"
 # current version <major.minor.commit.patch ID>
-VERSION = "1.0.60"
+VERSION = "1.1"
 # colors to output depending on the version
 VERSION_TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 92, "other": 30}
 # version string formatting
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ FIX_PROGRAM_INSTALL_PATH = "{}/etc/scripts/fix_pie.sh".format(os.getcwd())
 # path to the auto clean tool
 CLEANUP_TOOL_PATH = "{}/etc/scripts/cleanup.sh".format(os.getcwd())
 # path to tool to launch sqlmap API
-LAUNCH_SQLMAP_API_TOOL = "{}/etc/scripts/launch_sqlmap.sh".format(os.getcwd())
+LAUNCH_SQLMAP_API_TOOL = "{}/etc/scripts/launch_sqlmap_api.sh".format(os.getcwd())
 # path to nmap installer
 NMAP_INSTALLER_TOOL = "{}/etc/scripts/install_nmap.sh".format(os.getcwd())
 # paths to sqlmap and nmap

zeus.py

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     attacks.add_option("--thread", dest="threadPanels", action="store_true",
                        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
     attacks.add_option("--auto", dest="autoStartSqlmap", action="store_true",
-                       help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+                       help="Automatically start the sqlmap API (or at least try to)")
 
     # search engine options
     engines = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Search engine arguments",