Method pdfdump

scapy/base_classes.py:545–568

pdfdump(filename=None, layer_shift=0, rebuild=1) Creates a PDF file describing a packet. If filename is not provided a temporary file is created and xpdf is called. :param filename: the file's filename

(self, filename=None, **kargs)

        print()

    def pdfdump(self, filename=None, **kargs):
        # type: (Optional[str], **Any) -> None
        """
        pdfdump(filename=None, layer_shift=0, rebuild=1)

        Creates a PDF file describing a packet. If filename is not provided a
        temporary file is created and xpdf is called.

        :param filename: the file's filename
        """
        from scapy.config import conf
        from scapy.utils import get_temp_file, ContextManagerSubprocess
        canvas = self.canvas_dump(**kargs)
        if filename is None:
            fname = get_temp_file(autoext=kargs.get("suffix", ".pdf"))
            canvas.writePDFfile(fname)
            if WINDOWS and not conf.prog.pdfreader:
                os.startfile(fname)
            else:
                with ContextManagerSubprocess(conf.prog.pdfreader):
                    subprocess.Popen([conf.prog.pdfreader, fname])
        else:
            canvas.writePDFfile(filename)
        print()

    def svgdump(self, filename=None, **kargs):
        # type: (Optional[str], **Any) -> None