Python Log Parser

This is a self made project to parse log files with a python script

Specification

• The main idea of this project is to find ways to parse a log file and extract meaningful data from it
• There is a sample log file provided which I will attempt to parse to extract data like IP addressed, request types etc

Parse function

• Sample parse file defines 3 functions here
  1. Read file: Read a sample log file and extract all IP addresses mentioned using a regular expression
  2. Count IP: Count the frequency of each IP
  3. Create CSV: Gather data from the above two functions and export it to a CSV file