# GIFs are stored in the local 'data' directory # The user has to provide at least 1 Shodan data file Save the following content in a file called gifcreator.py: import arrow Lets start off by importing all of the modules we'll be needing and initializing the Shodan API object which we use to communicate with the API. _ip and _screenshot to make the code work across IPv4 and IPv6 as well as make it more robust for future banner changes.Shodan.host() is used to lookup information about an IP, including its history when the history=True parameter is set._files() allows us to iterate over all the banners in a list of Shodan data files.There are a few key Shodan methods/ parameters that make the script work: This will provide us with the convert command which is needed to merge several images into an animated GIF. If you're working on Ubuntu or another distro using apt you can run the following command: $ sudo apt-get install imagemagick In addition to the above Python packages, you also need to have the ImageMagick software installed. The arrow package is used to parse the timestamp field of the banner into a Python datetime object. The following Python packages are required for this tutorial:

Here is an example of what we're going to produce: With the API, you're able to retrieve that history and we're going to use that to create a tool that outputs timelapse GIFs. Shodan keeps a full history of all the information that has been gathered on an IP address.

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