NAME

CrowdSec::Client - CrowdSec client

SYNOPSIS

# Bouncer
use CrowdSec::Client;
my $client = CrowdSec::Client->new({
  apiKey => "myApiKey",
  baseUrl   => "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
});
if ( $client->testIp('1.2.3.4') ) {
  print STDERR "IP banned by crowdsec\n";
}

# Watcher
use CrowdSec::Client;
my $client = CrowdSec::Client->new({
  machineId => "myid",
  password  => "mypass",
  baseUrl   => "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
  autoLogin => 1;
});
$client->banIp('2.3.4.5') or die( $client->error );
$client->banIp('1.2.3.4', duration => '5h', reason => 'Ban by my app')
  or die( $client->error );

DESCRIPTION

CrowdSec::Client is a simple CrowdSec Client. It permits one to query Crowdsec database or to ban an IP.

Constructor

CrowdSec::Client requires a hashref as argument with the following keys:

Common parameters

baseUrl (required) to ban: the base URL to connect to local CrowdSec server. Example: http://localhost:8080.

userAgent (optional): a LWP::UserAgent object. If noone is given, a new LWP::UserAgent will be created.

autoLogin: indicates that CrowdSec::Client has to login automatically when banIp() is called. Else you should call manually login() method.

strictSsl: (default: 1). If set to 0, and if userAgent isn't set, the internal LWP::UserAgent will ignore SSL errors.

Watcher parameters

machineId (required): the watcher identifier given by Crowdsec (see "Enrollment").

password (required): the watcher password

Bouncer parameters

apiKey (required): the Crowdsec API key

Methods

banIp()

banIp adds the given IP into decisions. Usage:

$client->banIp( $ip, %parameters );

Parameters:

duration (default: 4h): the duration of the decision

origin (default: "CrowdSec::Client")

reason (default: "Banned by CrowdSec::Client")

scenario (default: "Banned by CrowdSec::Client"))

simulated (default: 0): if set to 1, the flag "simulated" is added

type (default: "ban")

Enrollment

Bouncer

To get a Crowdsec API key, you can use:

$ sudo cscli bouncers add myBouncerName

Watcher

To get a Watcher password, you can use:

$ sudo cscli machines add MyId --password myPassword

SEE ALSO

CrowdSec

AUTHOR

Xavier Guimard <xguimard@linagora.mu>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2023 by Linagora

License: AGPL-3.0 (see LICENSE file)