Python analyze requests

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I'm interested in building an app that lets developers see http/https requests from their machine real time. Something like firebug, but it catches requests made not only from a browser but also a shell. My question is, is there any python packages that allow me to tap into the module that makes each request ? I'm not very clear as to what this is called but its basically like firebug or wireshark.

On Linux you could use a TUN/TAP device. TUN will let you grab IP traffic, then you could parse up to the http level. http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt — TJD, Jun 29 '12 at 00:27

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Such activities are often referred to as packet sniffing. See Packet sniffing in Python (Windows)

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Thanks, both links were very helpful. – Paulo Jun 29 '12 at 06:38

Python analyze requests

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