pppcap is pure python wrapper for libpcap/winpcap.

• There are no dependencies on other python modules.
• There are no need to compile the other modules.

• winpcap (Windows)
• libpcap (Linux, Mac, or other UNIXs)

$ python setup.py install

Need to sudo when using system python.

$ ./example/recv_sample.py -d
1. b'eno1' (None)
2. b'enp0s25' (None)
$ sudo ./example/recv_sample.py -i 1
Send interface: eno1
listening on 1: eno1 (None)

No.1 1488642855.772344 4434[Byte]
No.2 1488642855.772356 4434[Byte]
No.3 1488642855.772436 3027[Byte]
No.4 1488642855.772709 60[Byte]
No.5 1488642855.772736 60[Byte]
No.6 1488642855.772847 6833[Byte]
No.7 1488642855.773225 60[Byte]
No.8 1488642855.773302 6422[Byte]
No.9 1488642855.773624 60[Byte]
No.10 1488642855.773777 6787[Byte]

>>> from ctypes import *
>>> from pppcap import *
>>>
>>> alldevs = POINTER(pcap_if_t)()
>>> errbuf  = create_string_buffer(PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
>>> pcap_findalldevs(byref(alldevs), errbuf)
0
>>> dev = alldevs.contents
>>>
>>> dev_count = 0
>>> while dev:
...     dev_count = dev_count+1
...     print("%d. %s (%s)" % (dev_count, dev.name, dev.description))
...     if dev.next:
...             dev = dev.next.contents
...     else:
...             dev = False
...
1. b'\\Device\\NPF_{B1EC0C55-DB7C-441E-A74F-84CD083EC177}' (b'Microsoft Corporation')
2. b'\\Device\\NPF_{29F85A41-F2B3-4C02-A8F0-3A5C5818860D}' (b'USB3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapt')