MetaForensic

Advanced Metadata & Forensic Analysis Tool

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✨ Features

• Metadata Extraction: Filesystem timestamps, permissions, PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX metadata
• Forensic Checks: Date anomalies, metadata stripping, suspicious patterns
• Risk Score: 0–10 with High/Medium/Low severity
• UI: Drag–drop upload, real-time analysis, JSON export, batch processing

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🚀 Quick Start

Backend

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py
# Runs on: http://localhost:8000

Frontend

cd frontend
python -m http.server 3000
# Runs on: http://localhost:3000

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📁 Project Structure

backend/
  main.py
  metadata_core.py
  forensic_analysis.py
  requirements.txt

frontend/
  index.html

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📈 Supported Formats

PDF · DOCX · XLSX · PPTX

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🔍 Forensic Flags

• High: Date mismatches, stripped metadata
• Medium: Missing fields
• Low: Generic metadata

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🧠 How It Works

1. Upload file
2. Extract filesystem + document metadata
3. Perform forensic checks
4. Compute risk score
5. Download JSON report

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🔌 API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/health	GET	Server check
/analyze-file	POST	Analyze one file
/analyze-multiple	POST	Analyze multiple files

Example:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/analyze-file -F "file=@doc.pdf"

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📦 Requirements

Python 3.9+ Key packages:

fastapi
uvicorn
python-multipart
PyPDF2
pikepdf
python-docx
openpyxl
python-pptx

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🚀 Deployment

Vercel (recommended):

vercel --prod

Local:

python backend/main.py

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🔧 Troubleshooting

• Backend not running → start main.py
• Upload errors → check file type/size
• CORS issues → adjust allowed origins

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🛠 Development

• Add file type → edit metadata_core.py
• Add forensic rule → update forensic_analysis.py

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