new: [internal] Avoid double JSON decoding

misp_modules/__init__.py

@@ -187,9 +187,14 @@ class QueryModule(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
     executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(nb_threads)
 
     @run_on_executor
-    def run_request(self, module_name, json_payload):
-        log.debug('MISP QueryModule request %s', json_payload)
-        response = mhandlers[module_name].handler(q=json_payload)
+    def run_request(self, module_name, json_payload, dict_payload):
+        log.debug('MISP QueryModule %s request %s', module_name, json_payload)
+        module = mhandlers[module_name]
+        if getattr(module, "dict_handler", None):
+            # New method that avoids double JSON decoding, new modules should define dict_handler
+            response = module.dict_handler(request=dict_payload)
+        else:
+            response = module.handler(q=json_payload)
         return json.dumps(response)
 
     @tornado.gen.coroutine
@@ -201,7 +206,8 @@ def post(self):
                 timeout = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(dict_payload.get('timeout')))
             else:
                 timeout = datetime.timedelta(seconds=300)
-            response = yield tornado.gen.with_timeout(timeout, self.run_request(dict_payload['module'], json_payload))
+            future = self.run_request(dict_payload['module'], json_payload, dict_payload)
+            response = yield tornado.gen.with_timeout(timeout, future)
             self.write(response)
         except tornado.gen.TimeoutError:
             log.warning('Timeout on {}'.format(dict_payload['module']))

misp_modules/modules/expansion/circl_passivedns.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import pypdns
 from . import check_input_attribute, standard_error_message
 from pymisp import MISPAttribute, MISPEvent, MISPObject
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
 moduleconfig = ['username', 'password']
 
 
-class PassiveDNSParser():
+class PassiveDNSParser:
     def __init__(self, attribute, authentication):
         self.misp_event = MISPEvent()
         self.attribute = MISPAttribute()
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, attribute, authentication):
     def get_results(self):
         if hasattr(self, 'result'):
             return self.result
-        event = json.loads(self.misp_event.to_json())
+        event = self.misp_event.to_dict()
         results = {key: event[key] for key in ('Attribute', 'Object')}
         return {'results': results}
 
@@ -50,10 +49,7 @@ def parse(self):
             self.misp_event.add_object(**pdns_object)
 
 
-def handler(q=False):
-    if q is False:
-        return False
-    request = json.loads(q)
+def dict_handler(request: dict):
     if not request.get('config'):
         return {'error': 'CIRCL Passive DNS authentication is missing.'}
     if not request['config'].get('username') or not request['config'].get('password'):

misp_modules/modules/expansion/clamav.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import base64
 import io
-import json
 import logging
 import sys
 import zipfile
@@ -58,12 +57,7 @@ def connect_to_clamav(connection_string: str) -> clamd.ClamdNetworkSocket:
         raise Exception("ClamAV connection string is invalid. It must be unix socket path with 'unix://' prefix or IP:PORT.")
 
 
-def handler(q=False):
-    if q is False:
-        return False
-
-    request = json.loads(q)
-
+def dict_handler(request: dict):
     connection_string: str = request["config"].get("connection")
     if not connection_string:
         return {"error": "No ClamAV connection string provided"}

misp_modules/modules/expansion/virustotal.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import vt
 from . import check_input_attribute, standard_error_message
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def query_api(self, attribute: dict) -> None:
         self.input_types_mapping[self.attribute.type](self.attribute.value)
 
     def get_result(self) -> dict:
-        event = json.loads(self.misp_event.to_json())
+        event = self.misp_event.to_dict()
         results = {key: event[key] for key in ('Attribute', 'Object') if (key in event and event[key])}
         return {'results': results}
 
@@ -257,10 +256,7 @@ def parse_error(status_code: int) -> str:
     return "VirusTotal may not be accessible."
 
 
-def handler(q=False):
-    if q is False:
-        return False
-    request = json.loads(q)
+def dict_handler(request: dict):
     if not request.get('config') or not request['config'].get('apikey'):
         misperrors['error'] = 'A VirusTotal api key is required for this module.'
         return misperrors