from Queue import Queue #python 2

from time import sleep

from threading import Thread
import os
import socket
from ctypes import *


class Sniffer(Thread):
def __init__(self, localip = "0.0.0.0"):
super(Sniffer, self).__init__()
self.localhost = localip #calls the parent's constructor method.
self.sniffing=False #flag to know if you are sniffing or not
self.queue=Queue() #packet queue.
self.threads = [] #background method.
self.resolve_ips = False #choose to resolve ip to hostnames.

#if use using windows use IP protocol
#otherwhise ICMP

if os.name -- "nt":
self.socket_protocol = socket.IPPROTO_IP
else:
self.socket_protocol = socket.IPPROTO_ICMP

#set up or socket
self.snif_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET ,socket.SOCK_RAW , self.socket_protocol) #ETH_P_ALL (socket)
self.snif_socket.bind((self.localhost, 0)) #blind so we can sniff things... GLUE SNIFFER
self.snif_socket.setsockopt(self.socket_protocol, socket.IP_HDRINCL,1) #ensure to get the headers too

def run(self):
try:
self.sniffing = not self.sniffing
if self.sniffing:
t = Thread(target=self.read_network)
t.daemon=True
t.start()