library-usage.rst

Library usage

Use the :py:class:`~pcapng.scanner.FileScanner` class to iterate over blocks in a pcap-ng archive file, like this:

from pcapng import FileScanner

with open('/tmp/mycapture.pcap') as fp:
    scanner = FileScanner(fp)
    for block in scanner:
        pass  # do something with the block...

Block types can be checked against blocks in :py:mod:`pcapng.blocks`.