Fixing file:// file pickup - for change detection of local files (#2505)

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/requests.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import chardet
 import requests
 
+from changedetectionio import strtobool
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import BrowserStepsInUnsupportedFetcher, EmptyReply, Non200ErrorCodeReceived
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.base import Fetcher
 
@@ -45,7 +46,13 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
             if self.system_https_proxy:
                 proxies['https'] = self.system_https_proxy
 
-        r = requests.request(method=request_method,
+        session = requests.Session()
+
+        if strtobool(os.getenv('ALLOW_FILE_URI', 'false')) and url.startswith('file://'):
+            from requests_file import FileAdapter
+            session.mount('file://', FileAdapter())
+
+        r = session.request(method=request_method,
                             data=request_body,
                             url=url,
                             headers=request_headers,

changedetectionio/run_basic_tests.sh

@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ pytest tests/test_notification.py
 pytest tests/test_backend.py
 pytest tests/test_rss.py
 pytest tests/test_unique_lines.py
+
+# Check file:// will pickup a file when enabled
+echo "Hello world" > /tmp/test-file.txt
+ALLOW_FILE_URI=yes pytest tests/test_security.py

changedetectionio/tests/test_security.py

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
 from flask import url_for
 from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 import time
 
+from .. import strtobool
+
+
 def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     live_server_setup(live_server)
 
@@ -55,16 +60,32 @@ def test_bad_access(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     assert b'Watch protocol is not permitted by SAFE_PROTOCOL_REGEX' in res.data
 
-    # file:// is permitted by default, but it will be caught by ALLOW_FILE_URI
 
+def test_file_access(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    #live_server_setup(live_server)
+
+    test_file_path = "/tmp/test-file.txt"
+
+    # file:// is permitted by default, but it will be caught by ALLOW_FILE_URI
     client.post(
         url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
-        data={"url": 'file:///tasty/disk/drive', "tags": ''},
+        data={"url": f"file://{test_file_path}", "tags": ''},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("index"))
 
+    # If it is enabled at test time
+    if strtobool(os.getenv('ALLOW_FILE_URI', 'false')):
+        res = client.get(
+            url_for("preview_page", uuid="first"),
+            follow_redirects=True
+        )
+
+        # Should see something (this file added by run_basic_tests.sh)
+        assert b"Hello world" in res.data
+    else:
+        # Default should be here
         assert b'file:// type access is denied for security reasons.' in res.data
 
 def test_xss(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):

requirements.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ validators~=0.21
 # >= 2.26 also adds Brotli support if brotli is installed
 brotli~=1.0
 requests[socks]
+requests-file
 
 urllib3==1.26.19
 chardet>2.3.0