TableStandalone.py

import feedparser
import argparse


# parseAlerts grabs the (entry), extracts all necessary info, dumps the
# rest into "more_details" and returns a list.
def parseAlerts(entry):

    # Parse all vulnerabilities into $feed
    feed = feedparser.parse("https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts.xml")
    # Sets $feed_entries to the current vulnerability
    feed_entries = feed.entries[entry]

    # Parse elements
    title = feed_entries['title']
    link = feed_entries['link']
    summary = feed_entries['published']

    # Return items from list
    vuln_entry = []
    vuln_entry.extend([title, link, summary])
    return vuln_entry


parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Give vuln entry")
parser.add_argument("--entry", nargs='?', default=5, type=int)
args = parser.parse_args()

print("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~")
print("| TITLE\t\tLINK\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDATE PUBLISHED")

for i in range(args.entry):
    alert = parseAlerts(i)

    # Seperate title of alert from description, for better formatting
    alert.append(alert[0][11:])
    alert[0] = alert[0][:9]

    print(f"| \n| {alert[0]}\t| {alert[1]}\t| {alert[2]}\n|\n| {alert[3]}")
    print("_________________________________________________________________________________________________________")