examples/

Syft API Examples

This directory contains examples of how to use the Syft API.

• create_simple_sbom: Create a simple SBOM from scratch
• create_custom_sbom: Create an SBOM using as much custom configuration as possible, including a custom cataloger implementation
• decode_sbom: Take an existing SBOM file (of arbitrary format) and decode it into a Syft SBOM object
• select_catalogers: Example demonstrating how to select specific catalogers to run
• source_detection: Shows how to detect what to catalog automatically from a user string (e.g. container image vs directory)
• source_from_image: Construct a source from only a container image
• source_from_registry: Construct a source directly from a container registry

You can run any of these examples from this directory with:

go run ./DIRECTORY_NAME