vinitshahdeo/PortScanner

[Frontend] Add GUI with input fields for range + CTAs for scanning network

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#12 opened on Jun 10, 2020

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Description

Currently this is a CLI based application, convert this into a GUI application to make the UX better!

  • Must have:

    • A window with menus (IP Scanning/Port Scanning)
    • Input box to enter host
    • Input fields to enter low & high range of ports
    • CTA(Button) to start scanning
    • List of Ports/IPs (once the scanning is done)

  • Good to have:

    • A live timer to show the total scanning time
    • Some kind of indication (animation) in UI while scanning is happening in the background
    • Resume/Pause/Restart scanning options

  • Extended feature

    • UI option to convert a host into its IP address
    • Display history: Last five scans in the following tabular form
Date & Time Host IP Address Total Scanning time
9:00 PM June 8, 2020 localhost 127.0.0.1 24 seconds

Recommended to use PyQt5 | Learn more here.

PS: Still open for discussions - feel free to suggest GUI frameworks(preferably from Python).

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Research direction
Research PyQt5 tutorials to understand how to create windows, input fields, buttons, and list views. Then design the GUI layout as described and implement the scanning logic in the background thread.
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python
Domain
frontend
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1-2 days
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PythonPyQt5
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65