Data Flow
Data flows are the journey of a data element within the codebase. It maps out the journey of a data element from a source to a sink detected via static code analysis.
A data flow result consists of the following structure:
The structure of all data flow representations is similar. As an example, the following is the structure of a storage sink:
The parameters of the results are explained below:
Field
Description
third_parties
Third parties that are consuming data elements
leakages
Leakages that are consuming data elements
storages
Databases that are consuming data elements
internal_apis
Internal APIs that are consuming data elements
miscellaneous
Miscellaneous data flows
The parameters of a data flow results are explained below:
Field
Description
sourceId
ID of the source which is processed
sinks
A list of sinks that are detected in a particular type of sink
sinkType
The type of sink
sinks.Id
ID of the sink
name
Name of the sink
isSensitive
Boolean value indicating if the data element is sensitive
paths
A list of paths defining the data flow of the element
pathId
Unique ID of the path
path
An occurrence of a data element
sample
name of the entity in which the data element is processed
lineNumber
Line number of the occurance
columnNumber
Column number of the occurance
fileName
Name of the file where the occurrence is detected
excerpt
A dump of the code around the occurrence
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