Packet sniffing in Python (Windows)

Question

What is the best way to sniff network packets using Python?

I\'ve heard from several places that the best module for this is a module called Scapy, unfortunately, it

Answer 1

Use python-libpcap.

import pcap

p = pcap.pcapObject()
dev = pcap.lookupdev()
p.open_live(dev, 1600, 0, 100)
#p.setnonblock(1)
try:
    for pktlen, data, timestamp in p:
        print "[%s] Got data: %s" % (time.strftime('%H:%M', 
                                                   time.localtime(timestamp)),
                                     data)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print '%s' % sys.exc_type
    print 'shutting down'
    print ('%d packets received, %d packets dropped'
           ' %d packets dropped by interface') % p.stats()