tcpdump to only print urls

Question

Is there a way to do

tcpdump -i lo -A 

and have it print all urls, any connections made?

I have done:

sudo tcpdump -i lo -A | grep Host: 

which works great. But I was wondering if there are options to do the same in tcpdump

Finally, is there a way to do this in python without using a sys command or Popen/subprocess

Answer 1

you can use scapy the sniff function and use regex or grep

import scapy
tcpdump = sniff(count=5,filter="host 64.233.167.99",prn=lambda x:x.summary())
print tcpdump

change the filter for your filter text :)

or maybe you want to save the traffic and see it in wireshark

wrpcap("temp.cap",pkts)