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NAME

       python-ipfix - python-ipfix Documentation

       IPFIX implementation for Python 3.3.

       This  module  provides a Python interface to IPFIX message streams, and provides tools for
       building IPFIX Exporting  and  Collecting  Processes.   It  handles  message  framing  and
       deframing,  encoding and decoding IPFIX data records using templates, and a bridge between
       IPFIX ADTs and appropriate Python data types.

       Before using any of the functions  of  this  module,  it  is  necessary  to  populate  the
       information  model  with  Information Elements.  ipfix.ie.use_iana_default() populates the
       default IANA IPFIX Information Element Registry shipped  with  the  module;  this  is  the
       current  registry  as  of  release time. ipfix.ie.use_5103_default() populates the reverse
       counterpart  IEs  as  in  RFC  5103.  The  module  also   supports   the   definition   of
       enterprise-specific      Information      Elements     via     ipfix.ie.for_spec()     and
       ipfix.ie.use_specfile(); see ipfix.ie for more.

       For reading and writing of  records  to  IPFIX  message  streams  with  automatic  message
       boundary  management,  see  the  ipfix.reader  and ipfix.writer modules, respectively. For
       manual reading and writing of messages, see ipfix.message. In  any  case,  exporters  will
       need to define templates; see ipfix.template.

       This  module is copyright 2013 Brian Trammell. It is made available under the terms of the
       GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or, at your option, any later version.

       Reference documentation for each module is found in the subsections below.

MODULE IPFIX.TYPES

       Implementation of IPFIX abstract data types (ADT) and mappings to Python types.

       Maps each IPFIX ADT to the corresponding Python type, as below:

                                  ┌─────────────────────┬─────────────┐
                                  │IPFIX Type           │ Python Type │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │octetArray           │ bytes       │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │unsigned8            │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │unsigned16           │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │unsigned32           │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │unsigned64           │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │signed8              │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │signed16             │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │signed32             │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │signed64             │ int         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │float32              │ float       │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │float64              │ float       │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │boolean              │ bool        │
                                  └─────────────────────┴─────────────┘

                                  │macAddress           │ bytes       │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │string               │ str         │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │dateTimeSeconds      │ datetime    │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │dateTimeMilliseconds │ datetime    │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │dateTimeMicroseconds │ datetime    │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │dateTimeNanoseconds  │ datetime    │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │ipv4Address          │ ipaddress   │
                                  ├─────────────────────┼─────────────┤
                                  │ipv6Address          │ ipaddress   │
                                  └─────────────────────┴─────────────┘

       Though client code generally will not use this module directly, it defines how each  IPFIX
       abstract data type will be represented in Python, and the concrete IPFIX representation of
       each  type.   Type   methods   operate   on   buffers,   as   used   internally   by   the
       ipfix.message.MessageBuffer  class,  so  we'll  create  one  to  illustrate  encoding  and
       decoding:

       >>> import ipfix.types
       >>> buf = memoryview(bytearray(16))

       Each of the encoding methods returns the offset into the buffer of the  first  byte  after
       the  encoded  value;  since  we're  always encoding to the beginning of the buffer in this
       example, this is equivalent to the length.  We use this to  bound  the  encoded  value  on
       subsequent decode.

       Integers are represented by the python int type:

       >>> unsigned32 = ipfix.types.for_name("unsigned32")
       >>> length = unsigned32.encode_single_value_to(42, buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [0, 0, 0, 42]
       >>> unsigned32.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length)
       42

       ...floats by the float type, with the usual caveats about precision:

       >>> float32 = ipfix.types.for_name("float32")
       >>> length = float32.encode_single_value_to(42.03579, buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [66, 40, 36, 166]
       >>> float32.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length)
       42.035789489746094

       ...strings by the str type, encoded as UTF-8:

       >>> string = ipfix.types.for_name("string")
       >>> length = string.encode_single_value_to("Grüezi", buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [71, 114, 195, 188, 101, 122, 105]
       >>> string.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length)
       'Grüezi'

       ...addresses as the IPv4Address and IPv6Address types in the ipaddress module:

       >>> from ipaddress import ip_address
       >>> ipv4Address = ipfix.types.for_name("ipv4Address")
       >>> length = ipv4Address.encode_single_value_to(ip_address("198.51.100.27"), buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [198, 51, 100, 27]
       >>> ipv4Address.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length)
       IPv4Address('198.51.100.27')
       >>> ipv6Address = ipfix.types.for_name("ipv6Address")
       >>> length = ipv6Address.encode_single_value_to(ip_address("2001:db8::c0:ffee"), buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [32, 1, 13, 184, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 192, 255, 238]
       >>> ipv6Address.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length)
       IPv6Address('2001:db8::c0:ffee')

       ...and  the  timestamps  of  various  precision  as  a  python  datetime,  encoded  as per
       RFC5101bis:

       >>> from datetime import datetime
       >>> from datetime import timezone
       >>> dtfmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f"
       >>> dt = datetime.strptime("2013-06-21 14:00:03.456789", dtfmt)

       dateTimeSeconds truncates microseconds:

       >>> dateTimeSeconds = ipfix.types.for_name("dateTimeSeconds")
       >>> length = dateTimeSeconds.encode_single_value_to(dt, buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [81, 196, 92, 99]
       >>> dateTimeSeconds.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length).strftime(dtfmt)
       '2013-06-21 14:00:03.000000'

       dateTimeMilliseconds truncates microseconds to the nearest millisecond:

       >>> dateTimeMilliseconds = ipfix.types.for_name("dateTimeMilliseconds")
       >>> length = dateTimeMilliseconds.encode_single_value_to(dt, buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [0, 0, 1, 63, 103, 8, 228, 128]
       >>> dateTimeMilliseconds.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length).strftime(dtfmt)
       '2013-06-21 14:00:03.456000'

       dateTimeMicroseconds exports microseconds fully in NTP format:

       >>> dateTimeMicroseconds = ipfix.types.for_name("dateTimeMicroseconds")
       >>> length = dateTimeMicroseconds.encode_single_value_to(dt, buf, 0)
       >>> buf[0:length].tolist()
       [81, 196, 92, 99, 116, 240, 32, 0]
       >>> dateTimeMicroseconds.decode_single_value_from(buf, 0, length).strftime(dtfmt)
       '2013-06-21 14:00:03.456789'

       dateTimeNanoseconds is also supported, but is identical to  dateTimeMicroseconds,  as  the
       datetime class in Python only supports microsecond-level timing.

       class ipfix.types.IpfixType(name, num, valenc, valdec, valstr, valparse, roottype=None)
              Abstract interface for all IPFIX types. Used internally.

       exception ipfix.types.IpfixTypeError(*args)
              Raised when attempting to do an unsupported operation on a type

       class  ipfix.types.OctetArrayType(name, num, valenc=<function _identity>, valdec=<function
       _identity>, valstr=<built-in function hexlify>,  valparse=<built-in  function  unhexlify>,
       roottype=None)
              Type encoded by byte array packing. Used internally.

       class     ipfix.types.StructType(name,    num,    stel,    valenc=<function    _identity>,
       valdec=<function _identity>, valstr=<class 'str'>, valparse=<class 'int'>, roottype=None)
              Type encoded by struct packing. Used internally.

       ipfix.types.decode_varlen(buf, offset)
              Decode a IPFIX varlen encoded length; used internally by template

       ipfix.types.encode_varlen(buf, offset, length)
              Encode a IPFIX varlen encoded length; used internally by template

       ipfix.types.for_name(name)
              Return an IPFIX type for a given type name

              Parameters
                     name -- the name of the type to look up

              Returns
                     IpfixType -- type instance for that name

              Raises IpfixTypeError

       ipfix.types.use_integer_ipv4()
              Use integers instead of ipaddress.IPv4Address to  store  IPv4  addresses.   Changes
              behavior globally; should be called before using any IPFIX types.  Designed for use
              with numpy arrays, to not require a Python object for storing IP addresses.

MODULE IPFIX.IE

       IESpec-based interface to IPFIX information elements, and interface  to  use  the  default
       IPFIX IANA Information Model

       An  IESpec  is  a string representation of an IPFIX information element, including all the
       information   required   to   define   it,    as    documented    in    Section    9    of
       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ipfix-ie-doctors.  It has the format:
          name(pen/num)<type>[size]

       To specify a new Information Element, a complete IESpec must be passed to for_spec():

       >>> import ipfix.ie
       >>> e = ipfix.ie.for_spec("myNewInformationElement(35566/1)<string>")
       >>> e
       InformationElement('myNewInformationElement', 35566, 1, ipfix.types.for_name('string'), 65535)

       The string representation of an InformationElement is its IESpec:

       >>> str(e)
       'myNewInformationElement(35566/1)<string>[65535]'

       To  get  an  Information  Element  already  specified,  an incomplete specification can be
       passed; a name or number is enough:

       >>> ipfix.ie.use_iana_default()
       >>> ipfix.ie.use_5103_default()
       >>> str(ipfix.ie.for_spec("octetDeltaCount"))
       'octetDeltaCount(0/1)<unsigned64>[8]'
       >>> str(ipfix.ie.for_spec("(2)"))
       'packetDeltaCount(0/2)<unsigned64>[8]'

       Reduced-length encoding and fixed-length sequence types are supported  by  the  for_length
       method; this is used internally by templates.

       >>> str(e.for_length(32))
       'myNewInformationElement(35566/1)<string>[32]'

       An  Information  Element  object  can  also be used to translate between native Python and
       string representations of an Information Element value:

       >>> ipfix.ie.for_spec("sourceIPv4Address").parse("192.0.2.19")
       IPv4Address('192.0.2.19')
       >>> from datetime import datetime
       >>> ipfix.ie.for_spec("flowEndMilliseconds").unparse(datetime(2013,6,21,14))
       '2013-06-21 14:00:00.000'

       Most  client  code  will  only  need  the  use_iana_default(),   use_5103_default(),   and
       use_specfile()  functions;  client  code  using  tuple interfaces will need spec_list() as
       well.

       class              ipfix.ie.InformationElement(name,               pen,               num,
       ietype=ipfix.types.for_name('octetArray'), length=None, valstr=None, valparse=None)
              An  IPFIX  Information  Element  (IE).  This  is  essentially a five-tuple of name,
              element number (num), a private  enterprise  number  (pen;  0  if  it  is  an  IANA
              registered IE), a type, and a length.

              Information  Elements  may  also  have  value  string  and  parser  functions,  for
              representing the values as strings; if not set, these default to

              InformationElement  instances  should  be  obtained   using   the   for_spec()   or
              for_template_entry() functions.

              for_length(length)
                     Get  an  instance  of  this  IE  for  the specified length.  Used to support
                     reduced-length encoding (RLE).

                     Parameters
                            length -- length of the new IE

                     Returns
                            this IE if length matches, or a new IE for the length

                     Raises ValueError

              parse(s)
                     Parse a string to a value using the conversion function for this Information
                     Element.  Uses  the  default  string  conversion  for  the  IE's type if not
                     overridden at IE creation time.

                     Parameters
                            s -- string to parse using this IEs's string conversion

                     Returns
                            value for given string

                     Raises ValueError is not a valid string representation for this IE

              unparse(v)
                     Unparse a  value  to  a  string  using  the  conversion  function  for  this
                     Information Element. Uses the default string conversion for the IE's type if
                     not overridden at IE creation time.

                     Parameters
                            v -- value to unparse using this IEs's string conversion

                     Returns
                            string representation of v

                     Raises ValueError if v is not a valid value for this IE

       class ipfix.ie.InformationElementList(iterable=None)
              A hashable ordered list of Information Elements.

              Used internally by templates, and to specify the  order  of  tuples  to  the  tuple
              append and iterator interfaces. Get an instance by calling spec_list()

       ipfix.ie.clear_infomodel()
              Reset the cache of known Information Elements.

       ipfix.ie.for_spec(spec)
              Get  an  IE  from the cache of known IEs, or create a new IE if not found, given an
              IESpec.

              Parameters
                     spec  --  IEspec,   as   in   draft-ietf-ipfix-ie-doctors,   of   the   form
                     name(pen/num)<type>[size];  some fields may be omitted unless creating a new
                     IE in the cache.

              Returns
                     an IE for the name

              Raises ValueError

       ipfix.ie.for_template_entry(pen, num, length)
              Get an IE from the cache of known IEs, or create a new IE if  not  found,  given  a
              private   enterprise  number,  element  number,  and  length.  Used  internally  by
              Templates.

              Parameterspen -- private enterprise number, or 0 for an IANA IE

                     • num -- IE number (Element ID)

                     • length -- length of the IE in bytes

              Returns
                     an IE for the given pen, num, and length. If the IE has not been  previously
                     added  to  the  cache of known IEs, the IE will be named _ipfix_pen_num, and
                     have octetArray as a type.

       ipfix.ie.parse_spec(spec)
              Parse an IESpec into name, pen, number, typename, and length fields

       ipfix.ie.spec_list(specs)
              Given a list or iterable of IESpecs, return a hashable list of IEs.  Pass  this  as
              the ielist argument to the tuple export and iterator functions.

              Parameters
                     specs -- list of IESpecs

              Returns
                     a  new  Information Element List, suitable for use with the tuple export and
                     iterator functions in message

              Raises ValueError

       ipfix.ie.use_5103_default()
              Load the module internal list of RFC 5103 reverse IEs for IANA registered IEs  into
              the  cache  of  known IEs. Normally, biflow-aware client code should call this just
              after use_iana_default().

       ipfix.ie.use_iana_default()
              Load the module internal list of IANA registered IEs into the cache of  known  IEs.
              Normally, client code should call this before using any other part of this module.

       ipfix.ie.use_specfile(filename)
              Load a file listing IESpecs into the cache of known IEs

              Parameters
                     filename -- name of file containing IESpecs to open

              Raises ValueError

MODULE IPFIX.TEMPLATE

       Representation  of IPFIX templates.  Provides template-based packing and unpacking of data
       in IPFIX messages.

       For reading, templates are handled internally. For writing, use from_ielist() to create  a
       template.

       See ipfix.message for examples.

       exception ipfix.template.IpfixDecodeError(*args)
              Raised when decoding a malformed IPFIX message

       exception ipfix.template.IpfixEncodeError(*args)
              Raised on internal encoding errors, or if message MTU is too small

       class ipfix.template.Template(tid=0, iterable=None)
              An IPFIX Template.

              A template is an ordered list of IPFIX Information Elements with an ID.

              append(ie)
                     Append an IE to this Template

              count()
                     Count IEs in this template

              decode_from(buf, offset, packplan=None)
                     Decodes a record into a tuple containing values in template order

              decode_namedict_from(buf, offset, recinf=None)
                     Decodes a record from a buffer into a dict keyed by IE name.

              decode_tuple_from(buf, offset, recinf=None)
                     Decodes  a  record  from  a  buffer  into a tuple, ordered as the IEs in the
                     InformationElementList given as recinf.

              encode_namedict_to(buf, offset, rec, recinf=None)
                     Encodes a record from a dict containing values keyed by IE name

              encode_template_to(buf, offset, setid)
                     Encodes the template to a  buffer.   Encodes  as  a  Template  if  setid  is
                     TEMPLATE_SET_ID, as an Options Template if setid is OPTIONS_SET_ID.

              encode_to(buf, offset, vals, packplan=None)
                     Encodes a record from a tuple containing values in template order

              encode_tuple_to(buf, offset, rec, recinf=None)
                     Encodes  a  record  from a tuple containing values ordered as the IEs in the
                     template.

              finalize()
                     Compile a default packing plan. Called after append()ing all IEs.

              fixlen_count()
                     Count of fixed-length IEs in this template before the first  variable-length
                     IE;  this  is  the  size  of  the  portion  of  the  template  which  can be
                     encoded/decoded efficiently.

              identical_to(other)
                     Determine if two templates are identical to each other.

                     Two templates are considered identical if they contain the same IEs  in  the
                     same  order, and the same scope count. Template ID is not considered as part
                     of the test for template identity.

              packplan_for_ielist
                     Given a list of IEs, devise and cache a packing plan.   Used  by  the  tuple
                     interfaces.

       class ipfix.template.TemplatePackingPlan(tmpl, indices)
              Plan  to  pack/unpack a specific set of indices for a template.  Used internally by
              Templates for efficient encoding and decoding.

       ipfix.template.decode_template_from(buf, offset, setid)
              Decodes  a  template  from  a  buffer.   Decodes  as  a  Template   if   setid   is
              TEMPLATE_SET_ID, as an Options Template if setid is OPTIONS_SET_ID.

       ipfix.template.for_specs(tid, *specs)
              Create a template from a template ID and a list of IESpecs

              Parameterstid -- Template ID, must be between 256 and 65535.

                     • *specs --

                       List of IESpecs

              Returns
                     A new Template, ready to use for writing to a Message

MODULE IPFIX.MESSAGE

       Provides the MessageBuffer class for encoding and decoding IPFIX Messages.

       This  interface  allows  direct  control  over  Messages;  for  reading or writing records
       automatically from/to streams, see ipfix.reader and ipfix.writer, respectively.

       To create a message buffer:

       >>> import ipfix.message
       >>> msg = ipfix.message.MessageBuffer()
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 0 length 0>

       To prepare the buffer to write records:

       >>> msg.begin_export(8304)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 16 (writing)>

       Note that the buffer grows to contain the message header.

       To write records to the buffer, first you'll need a template:

       >>> import ipfix.ie
       >>> ipfix.ie.use_iana_default()
       >>> import ipfix.template
       >>> tmpl = ipfix.template.from_ielist(256,
       ...        ipfix.ie.spec_list(("flowStartMilliseconds",
       ...                            "sourceIPv4Address",
       ...                            "destinationIPv4Address",
       ...                            "packetDeltaCount")))
       >>> tmpl
       <Template ID 256 count 4 scope 0>

       To add the template to the message:

       >>> msg.add_template(tmpl)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 40 (writing set 2)>

       Note that MessageBuffer.add_template() exports the template when it is written by default,
       and that the current set ID is 2 (template set).

       Now,  a set must be created to add records to the message; the set ID must match the ID of
       the template. MessageBuffer automatically uses the template matching the set ID for record
       encoding.

       >>> msg.export_ensure_set(256)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 44 (writing set 256)>

       Records can be added to the set either as dictionaries keyed by IE name:

       >>> from datetime import datetime
       >>> from ipaddress import ip_address
       >>> rec = { "flowStartMilliseconds" : datetime.strptime("2013-06-21 14:00:00",
       ...                                       "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
       ...         "sourceIPv4Address" : ip_address("10.1.2.3"),
       ...         "destinationIPv4Address" : ip_address("10.5.6.7"),
       ...         "packetDeltaCount" : 27 }
       >>> msg.export_namedict(rec)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 68 (writing set 256)>

       or as tuples in template order:

       >>> rec = (datetime.strptime("2013-06-21 14:00:02", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
       ...        ip_address("10.8.9.11"), ip_address("10.12.13.14"), 33)
       >>> msg.export_tuple(rec)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 92 (writing set 256)>

       Variable-length information elements will be encoded using the native length of the passed
       value:

       >>> ipfix.ie.for_spec("myNewInformationElement(35566/1)<string>")
       InformationElement('myNewInformationElement', 35566, 1, ipfix.types.for_name('string'), 65535)
       >>> tmpl = ipfix.template.from_ielist(257,
       ...        ipfix.ie.spec_list(("flowStartMilliseconds",
       ...                            "myNewInformationElement")))
       >>> msg.add_template(tmpl)
       >>> msg.export_ensure_set(257)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 116 (writing set 257)>
       >>> rec = { "flowStartMilliseconds" : datetime.strptime("2013-06-21 14:00:04",
       ...                                   "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
       ...         "myNewInformationElement" : "Grüezi, Y'all" }
       >>> msg.export_namedict(rec)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 139 (writing set 257)>

       Attempts to write past the end of the message (set via the mtu parameter,  default  65535)
       result in EndOfMessage being raised.

       Messages  can  be  written to a stream using MessageBuffer.write_message(), or dumped to a
       byte array for transmission using MessageBuffer.to_bytes().  The  message  must  be  reset
       before starting to write again.

       >>> b = msg.to_bytes()
       >>> msg.begin_export()
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 16 (writing)>

       Reading  happens  more  or  less in reverse. To begin, a message is read from a byte array
       using MessageBuffer.from_bytes(), or from a stream using MessageBuffer.read_message().

       >>> msg.from_bytes(b)
       >>> msg
       <MessageBuffer domain 8304 length 139 (deframed 4 sets)>

       Both of these methods scan the message in advance to find the sets within the message. The
       records  within  these  sets  can  then be accessed by iterating over the message. As with
       export, the records can be accessed as a dictionary mapping  IE  names  to  values  or  as
       tuples.  The  dictionary  interface is designed for general IPFIX processing applications,
       such as collectors accepting many types of data, or diagnostic tools for  debugging  IPFIX
       export:

       >>> for rec in msg.namedict_iterator():
       ...    print(sorted(rec.items()))
       ...
       [('destinationIPv4Address', IPv4Address('10.5.6.7')), ('flowStartMilliseconds', datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 21, 14, 0)), ('packetDeltaCount', 27), ('sourceIPv4Address', IPv4Address('10.1.2.3'))]
       [('destinationIPv4Address', IPv4Address('10.12.13.14')), ('flowStartMilliseconds', datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 21, 14, 0, 2)), ('packetDeltaCount', 33), ('sourceIPv4Address', IPv4Address('10.8.9.11'))]
       [('flowStartMilliseconds', datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 21, 14, 0, 4)), ('myNewInformationElement', "Grüezi, Y'all")]

       The  tuple  interface  for  reading  messages is designed for applications with a specific
       internal data model. It can be much faster than the  dictionary  interface,  as  it  skips
       decoding  of  IEs not requested by the caller, and can skip entire sets not containing all
       the requested IEs. Requested  IEs  are  specified  as  an  ipfix.ie.InformationElementList
       instance, from ie.spec_list():

       >>> ielist = ipfix.ie.spec_list(["flowStartMilliseconds", "packetDeltaCount"])
       >>> for rec in msg.tuple_iterator(ielist):
       ...     print(rec)
       ...
       (datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 21, 14, 0), 27)
       (datetime.datetime(2013, 6, 21, 14, 0, 2), 33)

       Notice  that  the  variable-length  record written to the message are not returned by this
       iterator, since that record  doesn't  include  a  packetDeltaCount  IE.   The  record  is,
       however, still there:

       >>> ielist = ipfix.ie.spec_list(["myNewInformationElement"])
       >>> for rec in msg.tuple_iterator(ielist):
       ...     print(rec)
       ...
       ("Grüezi, Y'all",)

       exception ipfix.message.EndOfMessage(*args)
              Exception  raised  when  a  write operation on a Message fails because there is not
              enough space in the message.

       class ipfix.message.MessageBuffer
              Implements a buffer for reading or writing IPFIX messages.

              active_template_ids()
                     Get an iterator  over  all  active  template  IDs  in  the  current  domain.
                     Provided  to  allow  callers  to  export some or all active Templates across
                     multiple Messages.

                     Returns
                            a template ID iterator

              add_template(tmpl, export=True)
                     Add a template to this MessageBuffer. Adding a template makes  it  available
                     for use for exporting records; see export_new_set().

                     Parameterstmpl -- the template to add

                            • export  -- If True, export this template to the MessageBuffer after
                              adding it.

                     Raises EndOfMessage

              begin_export(odid=None)
                     Start exporting a new message. Clears  any  previous  message  content,  but
                     keeps template information intact. Sets the message sequence number.

                     Parameters
                            odid -- Observation domain ID to use for export. By default, uses the
                            observation domain ID of the previous message.  Note  that  templates
                            are  scoped to observation domain, so templates will need to be added
                            after switching to a new observation domain ID.

                     Raises IpfixEncodeError

              delete_template(tid, export=True)
                     Delete a template by ID from this MessageBuffer.

                     Parameterstid -- ID of the template to delete

                            • export -- if True, export a Template Withdrawal for  this  Template
                              after deleting it

                     Raises EndOfMessage

              export_ensure_set(setid)
                     Ensure  that  the current set for export has the given Set ID.  Starts a new
                     set if not using export_new_set()

                     Parameters
                            setid -- Set ID of the new Set; corresponds to the Template ID of the
                            Template  that  will  be  used  to  encode  records into the Set. The
                            require Template must have already been added to  the  MessageBuffer,
                            see add_template().

                     Raises IpfixEncodeError, EndOfMessage

              export_namedict(rec)
                     Export  a  record to the message, using the template for the current Set ID.
                     The record is a dictionary mapping IE names to values. The  dictionary  must
                     contain  a  value for each IE in the template. Keys in the dictionary not in
                     the template will be ignored.

                     Parameters
                            rec -- the record to export, as a dictionary

                     Raises EndOfMessage

              export_needs_flush()
                     True if content has been written to this MessageBuffer since the  last  call
                     to begin_export()

              export_new_set(setid)
                     Start  exporting  a new Set with the given set ID. Creates a new set even if
                     the current Set has the given set ID; client code should in most  cases  use
                     export_ensure_set() instead.

                     Parameters
                            setid -- Set ID of the new Set; corresponds to the Template ID of the
                            Template that will be used  to  encode  records  into  the  Set.  The
                            require  Template  must have already been added to the MessageBuffer,
                            see add_template().

                     Raises IpfixEncodeError, EndOfMessage

              export_record(rec, encode_fn=<function Template.encode_namedict_to>, recinf=None)
                     Low-level interface to record export.

                     Export a record to a MessageBuffer, using the template associated  with  the
                     Set  ID  given  to  the  most recent export_new_set() or export_ensure_set()
                     call, and the given encode function. By default, the record is assumed to be
                     a   dictionary   mapping   IE   names   to   values   (i.e.,   the  same  as
                     export_namedict()).

                     Parametersencode_fn -- Function used to encode a record; must be an (unbound)
                              "encode" instance method of the ipfix.template.Template class.

                            • recinf -- Record information opaquely passed to decode function

                     Raises EndOfMessage

              export_template(tid)
                     Export a template to this Message given its template ID.

                     Parameters
                            tid -- ID of template to export; must have been added to this message
                            previously with add_template().

                     Raises EndOfMessage, KeyError

              export_tuple(rec)
                     Export a record to the message, using the template for the current  Set  ID.
                     The record is a tuple of values in template order.

                     Parameters
                            rec -- the record to export, as a tuple in template order.

                     Raises EndOfMessage

              from_bytes(bytes)
                     Read an IPFIX message from a byte array.

                     This  populates  message  header  fields and the internal setlist.  Call for
                     each new message before iterating over records  when  reading  from  a  byte
                     array.

                     Parameters
                            bytes -- a byte array containing a complete IPFIX message.

                     Raises IpfixDecodeError

              get_export_time()
                     Return  the  export  time  of this message. When reading, returns the export
                     time as read from the message header. When writing, this is the argument  of
                     the  last  call to set_export_time(), or, if :attr:auto_export_time is True,
                     the time of the last message export.

                     Returns
                            export time of the last message read/written.

              namedict_iterator()
                     Iterate over all records in the  Message,  as  dicts  mapping  IE  names  to
                     values.

                     Returns
                            a name dictionary iterator

              read_message(stream)
                     Read a IPFIX message from a stream.

                     This  populates  message  header  fields and the internal setlist.  Call for
                     each new message before iterating over records when reading from a stream.

                     Parameters
                            stream -- stream to read from

                     Raises IpfixDecodeError

              record_iterator(decode_fn=<function                 Template.decode_namedict_from>,
              tmplaccept_fn=<function accept_all_templates>, recinf=None)
                     Low-level interface to record iteration.

                     Iterate over records in an IPFIX message previously read with read_message()
                     or from_bytes(). Automatically handles templates in set order.  By  default,
                     iterates  over  each record in the stream as a dictionary mapping IE name to
                     value (i.e., the same as namedict_iterator())

                     Parametersdecode_fn -- Function used to decode a record; must be an (unbound)
                              "decode" instance method of the ipfix.template.Template class.

                            • tmplaccept_fn  --  Function returning True if the given template is
                              of interest to the caller,  False  if  not.   Default  accepts  all
                              templates.  Sets  described  by  templates  for which this function
                              returns False will be skipped.

                            • recinf -- Record information opaquely passed to decode function

                     Returns
                            an iterator over records decoded by decode_fn.

              set_export_time(dt=None)
                     Set the export time for the next message  written  with  write_message()  or
                     to_bytes().  Disables  automatic  export  time updates. By default, sets the
                     export time to the current time.

                     Parameters
                            dt -- export time to set, as a datetime

              template_for_id(tid)
                     Retrieve a Template for a given ID in the current domain.

                     Parameters
                            tid -- template ID to get

                     Returns
                            the template

                     Raises KeyError

              to_bytes()
                     Convert this MessageBuffer to a byte array, suitable for writing to a binary
                     file,  socket,  or  datagram. Finalizes the message by rewriting the message
                     header with current length, and export time.

                     Returns
                            message as a byte array

              tuple_iterator(ielist)
                     Iterate over all records in the Message containing all the IEs in the  given
                     ielist. Records are returned as tuples in ielist order.

                     Parameters
                            ielist  -- an instance of ipfix.ie.InformationElementList listing IEs
                            to return as a tuple

                     Returns
                            a tuple iterator for tuples as in ielist order

              write_message(stream)
                     Convenience method to write a message to a stream; see to_bytes().

MODULE IPFIX.READER

       Interface to read IPFIX Messages from a stream.

       class ipfix.reader.MessageStreamReader(stream)
              Reads records from a stream of IPFIX messages.

              Uses an ipfix.message.MessageBuffer internally, and continually reads messages from
              the  given  stream  into  the  buffer, iterating over records, until the end of the
              stream. Use from_stream() to get an instance.

              Suitable for reading from IPFIX files (see RFC 5655) as well as  from  UDP  or  TCP
              sockets with socketserver.StreamRequestHandler.  When opening a stream from a file,
              use mode='rb'.

              namedict_iterator()
                     Iterate over all records in the stream, as dicts mapping IE names to values.

                     Returns
                            a name dictionary iterator

              tuple_iterator(ielist)
                     Iterate over all records in the stream containing all the IEs in  the  given
                     ielist. Records are returned as tuples in ielist order.

                     Parameters
                            ielist  -- an instance of ipfix.ie.InformationElementList listing IEs
                            to return as a tuple

                     Returns
                            a tuple iterator for tuples in ielist order

       ipfix.reader.from_stream(stream)
              Get a MessageStreamReader for a given stream

              Parameters
                     stream -- stream to read

              Returns
                     a MessageStreamReader wrapped around the stream.

MODULE IPFIX.WRITER

       class ipfix.writer.MessageStreamWriter(stream, mtu=65535)
              Writes records to a stream of IPFIX messages.

              Uses an ipfix.message.MessageBuffer internally, and continually writes records into
              messages, exporting messages to the stream each time the maximum message size (MTU)
              is reached. Use to_stream() to get an instance.

              Suitable for writing to IPFIX files (see RFC 5655) as well as to TCP sockets.  When
              writing a stream to a file, use mode='wb'.

              ..warning: This class is not yet suitable for UDP export; this is an open
                     issue to be fixed in a subsequent release.

              add_template(tmpl)
                     Add  a template to this Writer. Adding a template makes it available for use
                     for exporting records; see set_export_template().

                     Parameters
                            tmpl -- the template to add

              export_namedict(rec)
                     Export a record to the message, using the current template The record  is  a
                     dictionary  mapping  IE names to values. The dictionary must contain a value
                     for each IE in the template. Keys in the dictionary not in the template will
                     be ignored.

                     Parameters
                            rec -- the record to export, as a dictionary

              flush()
                     Export an in-progress Message immediately.

                     Used  internally to manage message boundaries, but can also be used to force
                     immediate export (e.g. to reduce delay due to buffer dwell time), as well as
                     to finish write operations on a Writer before closing the underlying stream.

              set_domain(odid)
                     Sets the observation domain for subsequent messages sent with this Writer.

                     Parameters
                            odid  -- Observation domain ID to use for export. Note that templates
                            are scoped to observation domain, so templates will need to be  added
                            after switching to a new observation domain ID.

              set_export_template(tid)
                     Set   the   template   to   be  used  for  export  by  subsequent  calls  to
                     export_namedict() and export_tuple().

                     Parameters
                            tid -- Template ID of the  Template  that  will  be  used  to  encode
                            records  to  the Writer. The corresponding Template must have already
                            been added to the Writer, see add_template().

       ipfix.writer.to_stream(stream, mtu=65535)
              Get a MessageStreamWriter for a given stream

              Parametersstream -- stream to write

                     • mtu -- maximum message size in  bytes;  defaults  to  65535,  the  largest
                       possible ipfix message.

              Returns
                     a MessageStreamWriter wrapped around the stream.

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