Weblog Helper

weblog_helper is a python script that helps in parsing NCSA Common (access log) files and filtering the output on the basis of IP address or CIDR range.

Usage

usage: weblog_helper.py [-h] [--ip IP] [--log-file LOG_FILE]

weblog_helper is a python script that parses NCSA Common (access log) log
files and filters the output on the basis of IP address or CIDR range.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --ip IP              Filter logs with this IP
  --log-file LOG_FILE  Log file path

❯ ./weblog_helper.py --log-file /Users/aseemshrey/Downloads/public_access.log.txt --ip 180.76.15.0/24
180.76.15.135 - - [02/Jun/2015:17:05:23 -0700] "GET /logs/access_140730.log HTTP/1.1" 200 979626 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)" "www.redlug.com"
180.76.15.137 - - [02/Jun/2015:17:05:28 -0700] "GET /logs/access_140730.log HTTP/1.1" 200 7849856 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)" "www.redlug.com"
180.76.15.17 - - [02/Jun/2015:17:20:23 -0700] "GET /logs/access_141026.log HTTP/1.1" 200 45768 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)" "www.redlug.com"
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Tests

make test

TO Do

Create class based implementation in overengineered.py so as to add functionality easily and ignore errors in log lines.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT

LuD1161 / weblog_helper