packetloop_curl_commands.sh

You can use cURL to upload packet captures to Packetloop. We created a simple script that shows how to login, list capture points, create capture points, upload and also check processing status.

## variables
PL_ENDPOINT=https://www.packetloop.com
PL_USERNAME=...		# your packetloop email address
PL_PASSWORD=...		# your packetloop password

## logging in
PL_TOKEN=$(curl -3 -s -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X GET "$PL_ENDPOINT/init")
curl -3 -s -H "X-CSRF-Token: $PL_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X POST "$PL_ENDPOINT/users/sign_in.json?pretty=true" -d "{ \"user\": { \"email\": \"$PL_USERNAME\", \"password\": \"$PL_PASSWORD\" } }"

## list capture points
curl -3 -s -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X GET "$PL_ENDPOINT/devices.json?pretty=true"

## creating capture points
PL_DEVICE_NAME=my_capture_point_name
curl -3 -s -H "X-CSRF-Token: $PL_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X POST "$PL_ENDPOINT/devices.json?pretty=true" -d "{ \"device\": { \"name\": \"$PL_DEVICE_NAME\" } }"

## upload file(s)
IDS=()
# set PL_DEVICE_ID from one of the capture points (devices) created or listed from the steps above
PL_DEVICE_ID=...

# repeat these two steps for any files you want to upload
PL_UPLOAD_FILE=~/Downloads/blah.pcap
IDS+=($(curl -3 -s -H "X-CSRF-Token: $PL_TOKEN" -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X POST "$PL_ENDPOINT/settings/captures.json?device_id=$PL_DEVICE_ID" -F "file=@$UPLOAD_FILE" | sed -e 's/.*://' -e 's/}//'))

# submit uploads
IDS_ARRAY=$(printf ",%s" "${IDS[@]}")
IDS_ARRAY=${IDS_ARRAY:1}
IDS_ARRAY="[$IDS_ARRAY]"
curl -3 -s -H "X-CSRF-Token: $PL_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X PUT "$PL_ENDPOINT/settings/captures/submit.json" -d "{ \"ids\": $IDS_ARRAY, \"device_id\": \"$PL_DEVICE_ID\" }"

## get status
curl -3 -s -H "X-CSRF-Token: $PL_TOKEN" -H "Accept: application/json" -b cookies.jar -c cookies.jar -X GET "$PL_ENDPOINT/upload/status.json?pretty=true"