Neat way to call bandit natively in python without relying on the CLI
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'm trying to integrate Bandit into a python tool that I have but I don't want to shell out or rely on subprocess to call bandit this way:
subprocess.Popen(['bandit', '-r', full_path], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be beneficial if we could do something like:
from bandit import bandit_runner
bandit_runner(path, recursive=True, format='json')
as an example
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Research direction
The issue does not name implementation files or tests. Start by tracing Bandit's existing command-line entry point and Python package, then determine how a supported native runner should expose the requested path, recursion, and JSON-format options. Done means documenting and testing a stable in-process API that avoids subprocess calls.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100