pyflowmeter 0.1.7

CICFlowMeter V3 Python Implementation

Python CICFlowMeter (PyFlowmeter)

This project is cloned from Python Wrapper CICflowmeter and customized to fit my need. Therefore, it is not maintained actively. If there are any problems, please create an issue or a pull request.

Installation

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install pyflowmeter

Usage

from pyflowmeter.sniffer import create_sniffer

This function returns a scapy.sendrecv.AsyncSniffer object.

Parameters

• input_file [default=None]

  • A .pcap file where capture offline data from

• input_interface [default=None]

  • Interface or list of interfaces (default: None for sniffing on all interfaces).

• server_endpoint [default=None]

  • A server endpoint where the data of the flow will be sent. If it is set to None, no data will be sent.

• verbose [default=False]

  • Wheather or not to print a message when a new packet is read.

Examples

Sniff packets real-time from interface and send the flow to a server (need root permission):

from pyflowmeter.sniffer import create_sniffer

sniffer = create_sniffer(
            server_endpoint='http://127.0.0.1:5000/send_traffic',
            verbose=True
        )

sniffer.start()
try:
    sniffer.join()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print('Stopping the sniffer')
    sniffer.stop()
finally:
    sniffer.join()

• Reference: https://www.unb.ca/cic/research/applications.html#CICFlowMeter