String Actions

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Encode Base64

Encodes the input text to base64 and prints the result to the output screen. The action supports either standard base64 or URL base64 encoding.

Parameter	Description
Text	The text to encode.
Encoding Type	The type of encoding to decode: Standard or URL

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Decode Base64

Decodes the input text from base64 and prints the result to the output screen. The action supports either standard base64 or URL base64 encoding.

Parameter	Description
Text	The text to decode.
Encoding Type	The type of encoding: Standard or URL

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Encode URL

Converts a given url string into url encoded format.

For example: For the string: https://blinkops.com/utility?name=encode_url, the returned encoded URL will be: https%3A//blinkops.com/utility%3Fname%3Dencode_url.

Parameter	Description
URL	The URL that needs to be converted into URL-encoded format.

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Decode URL

Converts a given URL encoded string into a string.

For example: For the encoded string:https%3A//blinkops.com/utility%3Fname%3Ddecode_url, the returned string will be: https://blinkops.com/utility?name=decode_url.

Parameter	Description
Encoded URL	The encoded URL that needs to be converted into a string.

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Encode Hex

Converts a regular string to its hex representation, encoding each character of the string into hexadecimal format.

For example: For input string: blink, the returned hexadecimal string will be: 626c696e6b.

Parameter	Description
String	The string that will be encoded. First, it encodes the string to bytes (using UTF-8) and then the bytes to hex.

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Decode Hex

Converts an hex-encoded string to a string.

For example: For the hexadecimal encoded string: 626C696E6B, the returned string will be: blink.

Parameter	Description
Encoded String	The string that needs to be decoded. Bytes are decoded using UTF-8.

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Convert To Lower Case

Converts a string to lower case.

Parameter	Description
String	The string which will be converted to lower case. For example: For the string - Hello World, the returned string will be: hello world

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Convert To Upper Case

Converts a string to upper case.

Parameter	Description
String	The string which will be converted to upper case. For example: For the string - Hello World, the returned string will be: HELLO WORLD

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Get String Length

Get length of a string.

Parameter	Description
String	The string whose length will be returned. For example: For the string - Hello World, the returned value will be: 11

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RegEx Match

Returns a list of RegEx matches in the order they are found when applied to a provided string. This action specifically utilizes Python’s RegEx flavor.

Parameter	Description
String	The string for which regex matches are to be returned.
RegEx	The regular expression pattern used to search the string. Provide only the pattern you wish to match. If you are including group matching, please enclose the group within (?:) rather than (). For example: For the string - test1, test2, test3 and the RegEx - test1, the returned list looks like the following: [“test1”] For the string - aabbaa and the RegEx - (?:aabb), the returned list looks like the following: [“aabb”]

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Truncate String

Shortens a given string to a limited amount of characters.

Parameter	Description
String	The string that will be shortened.
Limit	The amount of characters the string will be limited to. For example: For the string - Hello World and the limit 8, the returned value will be: Hello Wo Note: You can truncate the string from the end using a Negative Limit. For instance: the limit -2 will remove the last 2 characters.

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Trim String

Shortens a string from both sides, using Start and End indexes. This action is based on Python’s array slicing and it allows you to use negative indexes (-) to calculate the index from the end.

For example: For the string: blinkops and the input indexes 0 and -3, the output will be: blink. The same as if the End index was 5.

Parameter	Description
String	The string that needs to be trimmed.
Start Index	The index of the first character you want to include in the slice. The string will be trimmed from this index (inclusive). Note: The first character’s index is 0.
End Index	The index of the first character you want to exclude from the slice. The string will be trimmed to this index (exclusive). Note: The last character’s index is -1 or the length of the string.

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Trim Spaces

Removes all leading and trailing whitespaces from a given string.

Parameter	Description
String	The string that needs to be trimmed.

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Find String

Returns the index of the first occurrence of a substring within the given string. The action returns -1 if the value is not found.

Parameter	Description
String	The original string where the Value will be searched.
Substring	The substring to be find within the original String.

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Replace String

Replaces a given substring with another string.

Parameter	Description
String	The original string where replacements will be made.
Old Substring	The substring to be find within the original String parameter.
New Substring	The replacement substring.
Count	The maximum number of replacements to perform. If empty, replaces all occurrences.

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Split String

Splits a given string according to the specified delimiter and returns a list of substrings.

Parameter	Description
String	The string that needs to be split.
Delimiter	The delimiter based on which the string will be split. For example: For the string - Hello there, this is Blink's example! and the delimiter - ,, the returned list looks like the following: ["Hello there", " this is Blink's example!"]

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Join String

Concatenate any number of strings into a single string using an optional separator. Equivalent to Python’s join() method.

Parameter	Description
String List	The list of strings that needs to be concatenated. Also, it could be a single string like "blink". In this case, each character will act as a ‘substring’. For example: The input string - "blink" (with quotes) will act the same as the following input: ["b", "l", "i", "n", "k"]
Separator	The string that will be inserted in between each one of the ‘Strings’. For example: For the string list - ["I", "Love", "Blink"] and the separator - #, the returned string will be: I#Love#Blink

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Defang Entity

Alters potentially malicious content within a string entity (like a URL, email address, or domain) to make it appear harmless.

For example: For the string: https://www.malwarebytes.com/malware, and the method Replace, the returned string will be: hXXps://www[.]malwarebytes[.]com/malware .

Parameter	Description
String	The string entity that needs to be defanged.
Method	The “defanging” method. The supported methods are: Replace - This method replaces sensitive parts (protocol prefixes in URLs, @ in emails, and . in domains) with placeholders like hXXp:// and [at]. Brackets - This method adds square brackets around the suspicious elements to visually indicate potential risk without altering the core content.

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Refang Entity

Reverts a defanged entity back to its original form.

For example: For the string: hXXps://www[.]malwarebytes[.]com/malware, and the method Replace, the returned string will be: https://www.malwarebytes.com/malware.

Parameter	Description
Defanged String	The string entity that needs to be reverted to its previous form.
Method	The “defanging” method used originally. The supported methods are: Replace - This method replaces sensitive parts (protocol prefixes in URLs, @ in emails, and . in domains) with placeholders like hXXp:// and [at]. Brackets - This method adds square brackets around the suspicious elements to visually indicate potential risk without altering the core content.