CDP device discovery in python

Today, I wrote a small python script to discover Ubiquiti Nanostation devices on the network using pacpy and dpkt. Since it is listening CDP packets, I guess it can also discover other kinds of devices, though not tested.

if_nametoindex, if_indextoname functions for python using ctypes

I needed to use if_nametoindex, if_indextoname functions for one of my packet capturing programs. So, here is my python wrapper for those functions using ctypes.


PS: You will need this only for python2.x. Those functions are available in socket module starting since python 3.3.

Python Module for Myanmar Language Processing

I am writing a crawler, to crawl Burmese phrases from the Web, in python currently. Since non-unicode encodings — such as wininnwa and zawgyi — are also used commonly in Myanmar websites, I needed to convert those texts into unicode.

So, I ported Thanlwinsoft's Myanmar converter, written in javascript, to python. Since, converting those encodings is a common task in Myanmar language processing, I am releasing it here.

I have also written a python script, which can be used to convert those encodings from command line.

Please note that I haven't tested it throughly, and this is an alpha release. So, don't use it without backing up first.

Install

For debian/ubuntu users, you can just grab the deb package and install. For other platforms, download the archive and run this command in extracted folder.

python setup.py install

Usage

Using myanmar python module

   >>> import myanmar.converter as converter
   >>> converter.get_available_encodings ()
   ['zawgyi', 'wwin_burmese', 'wininnwa', 'unicode']   
   >>> print converter.convert (u'ydkifoGefy½dk*&rfrif;', 'wininnwa', 'unicode')
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Using myanmar-converter script

trhura @ ~ $ myanmar-converter -h
Usage: myanmar-converter [OPTIONS...] [FILE...]

Convert between Myanmar legacy encodings and unicode.

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l, --list            List supported encodings.
  -f ENCODING, --from=ENCODING
                        Convert characters from ENCODING
  -t ENCODING, --to=ENCODING
                        Convert characters to ENCODING
  -o FILE, --output=FILE
                        Write output to FILE

trhura @ ~ $ echo 'wmrDe,frStokH;ðyykH' |  \
 myanmar-converter -f 'wwin_burmese' -t 'unicode'
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