ifparser 0.2.0

Parse ifconfig output and retrieve values

Parse ifconfig output collected from local or remote server and retrive required interface information.

Usage

Install ifconfig-parser:

pip install ifparser

You can access inferface information as below :

>>> import commands
>>> from ifparser import Ifcfg
>>> ifdata = Ifcfg(commands.getoutput('ifconfig -a'))
>>> ifdata.interfaces
['lo', 'docker0', 'eth0']
>>> eth0 = ifdata.get_interface('eth0')
>>> eth0.BROADCAST
True
>> eth0.hwaddr, eth0.mtu, eth0.ip, eth0.UP
('08:00:27:1f:d8:b0', '1500', '10.0.2.15', True)
>> eth0.get_values()
{'BROADCAST': True,
 'LOOPBACK': False,
 'MULTICAST': True,
 'RUNNING': True,
 'UP': True,
 'bcast': '10.10.2.255',
 'hwaddr': 'FF:FF:27:1f:d8:b0',
 'interface': 'eth0',
 'ip': '10.10.2.15',
 'itype': 'Ethernet',
 'mask': '255.255.255.0',
 'mtu': '1500',
 'rxbytes': '547873',
 'rxpkts': '628',
 'txbytes': '50826',
 'txpkts': '424'}