How to get Network Interface Card names in Python?

Question

I am totally new to python programming so please be patient with me.

Is there anyway to get the names of the NIC cards in the machine etc. eth0, lo? If so how do you

Answer 1

To add to what @Kristian Evensen's mentions, here is what I used for a problem i was having. If you are looking to just get a list of the interfaces, use:

interface_list = netifaces.interfaces()

If you are wanting a specific interface, but don't know what the number at the end is (ie: eth0), use:

interface_list = netifaces.interfaces()
interface = filter(lambda x: 'eth' in x,interface_list)