Frida

Dedicated extension to facilitate writing and editing FRIDA scripts

Requirements

Visual Studio Code ^1.46

Installation

• Search FridaExtension in the VSCode Marketplace
• Click on the Install button

Features

Frida Account

Log In

You can use the Setup button to access to your frida processes and receive Snippet updates for auto-completion, access your Automations. This will open an interface in which you will be able to set your working directory, Turing's path and activate Frida LINT. Use the Frida Settings command to make your initial configuration again.

With the new walkthrough it is now easier to finish your configuration.

Personal Access Token

To gain access to all of the features of this extension, we recomend you to generate your Personal Access Token using the button Get Frida Access Token or by going to https://frida-admin.web.app/MyAccount.

Beware the expiration date of your token. 10 days prior to the expiration date a notification will pop-up. You can go to Frida Admin to renew it.

Processes TreeView

On the left side you can see your active Suite Access, Automations and App Access, as well as your Recent Automations. You can update them manually via the Frida Update your Processes Treeview command.

Getting your files

Change Working Directory

You can select which folder will contain all the files from your proceses using the button. It is set by default to $homedir\Documents

Now you can copy the ID of the process directly from the treeview, by using right-click on the folder of the process.

Download Files

To download the files of a process, you have to click the Download File icon next to the process you wish to get on the side TreeView.

You have two options:

• Merge: this option will download and add to your working directory any files that you do not have locally. This will not modify nor delete nor affect any of the files that you have downloaded before.
• Renew: this option will clean your directory by deleting all the files that were downloaded locally and will replace them with the most updated version.

  Warning: please note that if you select Renew, this process is irreversible and all unsaved changes will be lost.

Code Editing

Packaged Snippets

Frida's instructions autocomplete can be used without logging in. The existing instructions to date are included in the extension. But we strongly recommend to log into your account.

Functional Snippets

Sets of related Frida instructions can be inserted. Placeholders will make sure programming is faster for routine open-use-close actions or decision/iteration statements.

Regions Support

The areas included within cycles, conditions or try blocks can be easily collapsed to improve the editing and reading of your code.

Region Comments

A region comment helps to group portions of code into easily identifiable business actions. Identified regions can be searched by clicking the region finder in the status bar.

Colors in Scripts

A color scheme was implemented to facilitate writing and reading of Frida script files.

Code Improvement

Optimize code

There are a few instruction changes that can improve the script's performance. When this situations arise, sugestions will be made. It's up to you to take benefit from them. Diagnostics and quickfixes, that will allow you to debug the code in an easier way, are now displayed everytime you modify your script.

Use the new available quickfixes:

• Titanium ImageAppears Quickfix
• MathOperation Quickfix
• Powershell operators Quickfix
• Invisible characters Quickfix
• While structure Quickfix
• Header Quickfix (only available when activating Frida Lint)
• Excel NewWb Quickfix
• Open documentation

If you don't wish to view the suggestions, the setting can be turned off in VSCode Settings page for Frida Extension.

Code Testing

Excecute the RPA

Test your latest changes. Use the Frida Run Process command (Ctrl+Shift+P) to begin an execution of the previously saved code or use the new Run Button located at the top right corner.

Please take in consideration that if you modify the script, you need to save it and run the [Deploy Working Directory] command.

If there are Step variables that have to be filled in, the appropriate textboxes will be asking for that information before the process can be run. Now, the variables from the previous automation that you run will be encrypted and saved, so running multiple times the same process will be much easier.

Take notice that this is only ment to help in your developing process and by no means it will have the same amount of options or flexibility as Turing has.

After executing the RPA you will be able to open the log and review the success of each task in your RPA.

Deploy

Once you edit your process and save all changes you can deploy it using the Deploy Working Directory button or by using the Frida Deploy Working Directory command, which can be found using (Ctrl+Shift+P).

Now you can choose to deploy from all the processes that you already have downloaded, not only the one you are currently working on.

You can now use the button in the editor window.

In case you deleted the main script, you will not be able to deploy your process. However, you now have the option to recover your main script.

Remove Invisible Characters

The command Frida Remove All Invisible Characters, that you can activate using (Ctrl+Shift+P), removes all invisible characters that might have been added when importing your code from another source. Although there is an existing quickfix that removes the invisible characters on one line, this new command removes them from all the script.

Open main script

With the command Frida Open main script you will be able to quickly locate and open the main script of your process.

FRIDA LINT

Activate FRIDA LINT to have better coding practices in the initial setup, this feature will check if you have commented your code. If you activated FRIDA LINT but want to deactivate it just for one script, you can type ##fridalint-ignore-all at the beginning of the script to deactivate it.

Use the new button located in the status bar to activate it or deactivate it.

About

Extension developed for the Softtek Innovation team and Frida users