Introducing CodeGuard - The open-source tool to obfuscate your JavaScript or Python code

How I got this inspiration?

Once upon a time, I was creating an project which does really great thing including making meetings, etc. and this idea came in my mind:

Why would I allow someone steal my code pretending that he wrote that script/code?

So, I though why don't I make a code obfuscator to make my code hard to read and nearly impossible to understand? So, that's the beginning of CodeGuard.

How did I make it? (Project workflow)

Once a user provides a link to the file, we recommend using GitHub Gist because the project was made to be used with Gist, but it will work also if you give a direct link to the file like https://example.com/myproject/main.py

The user will be selecting either Python or JavaScript:

Upon the user selection, it will call the API located in api.codeguard.tech providing 2 parameters, the code link in link and the programming language in lang, of course you would like to try to use the API yourself, we will leave a guide below!

As soon as the API has been called, it will start getting the file and obfuscating it, as soon as the obfuscated file is ready, it will be automatically downloaded at the user side.

As update 1.1, now the API only needs 1 required parameter (link) and one additional optional parameter (redirect), check the article linked below to stay up-to-date!

The tech-stack I used + Why did I use it?

• Next.js - Making the front-end design of the website

• HTML/CSS - Making front-end

• JavaScript - Back-end, for e.g. modal (alert) and link validation

• Linux Ubuntu (Linode) - Host the API

• Vercel - Host the website

• Python (Flask) - Used to make the API

API

Use the API (hosted by us)

It's really simple to use our API, in JavaScript, it only requires one line of code!

window.location = "https://api.codeguard.tech/?link=<code link here>

For example:

window.location = "https://api.codeguard.tech/?link=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Omar8345/1038a82e7db5f81d0722a4f2ab701924/raw/b213490f419b1d67de6a6a1647557934b97fc1ef/nicecode.js"

Hosting the API on your machine

• Clone the repository on your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/Omar8345/CodeGuard

Next, head into CodeGuard/API and open your favorite IDE, if you use Visual Studio Code, just enter:

code .

• And it will open up VSC in the folder, just run in the terminal the following command:

$env:FLASK_APP="__init__.py" && flask run

• You should see a local link, head into it or http://127.0.0.1:5000/ and you should find some kind of error, just simply ignore it, now add the link parameter value and you should be good to go!

Read more at: Introducing CodeGuard

Made using Vercel and Linode for the Hashnode X Linode Hackathon!