Obfuscating your entire python project code with PyArmor the right way

Pyarmor is a libray used to obfuscate your code or in simple english to make your code UNREADABLE .

It is easy to obfuscate a single file. But, when it comes to a project containing multiple python files. it becomes difficult due to import errors

So I have a solution for you. Follow the steps below

1. Make a copy of your Python Project

The code given below will overwrite all your files.

SO PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF ALL PYTHON PROJECT FOLDER

2. Create a newfile called “armor.py” in the root of your newly copied python project directory with contents given below

from os import walk,getcwd
import os

banned_directories = [".git"]
banned_files = []

def pyarmorit(dir_path,file_names):
    for curr_file in file_names:
        if curr_file in banned_files:
            #skip it
            continue
        
        # Include only files ending with .py extension. Ignore others
        if curr_file[-3:] == ".py":
            input_file_name = f"{dir_path}/{curr_file}"
            runarmor(input_file_name,dir_path)

def runarmor(input_file_name,output_dir):
    command = f"pyarmor gen {input_file_name} --output={output_dir}"
    os.system(command)

def path_not_banned_directory(dir_path):
    for ban_directory in banned_directories:
        if dir_path.find(ban_directory)>=0:
            return False
    return True

def main():
    # Get Path of Current Directory
    dir_path = getcwd()
    res = []
    for (dir_path, dir_names, file_names) in walk(dir_path):
        # Avoid directories of .git and __pycache__
        if path_not_banned_directory(dir_path):
            pyarmorit(dir_path,file_names)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

In the above code,

banned_directories are the directories you can instruct the script to skip obfuscating python files

banned_files are specific python file names you want to instruct the script to avoid obfuscating

NOTE : Not all python files work with obfuscation. If you have a python file which goes as input to another python file (Not import).

Example: In flask, you can load configuration from a python file like this 👇

app.config.from_pyfile(config_file_path)

Such files should be excluded from OBFUSCATION process. Otherwise your application might break.

4.Run armor.py to obfuscate all files

python3 armor.py