asj177 / pcaprestservice

PCAPRestService

REST service to provide users information regarding the packet capture process .It talks with a C library via JNI ,and provides a JSON response to the client . Its also use to get packet data from the elasticsearch .Please see the section on Functions provided

#Creating .SO from C file

Below is the command to generate the .SO file .Here we have loaded the library using a library path,you can also directly load it from java path .

gcc -fPIC -shared -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/include -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/include/linux -o libJNIDemo.so JNIWrapper.c

Make sure the header file and the .C file are in the same directory .Once the Library .SO file is created,update the PCAP_SO_FILE_LOCATION in URIConstansts.java

#Build process,requirements

1)Below are the gradle specifications (Please check build.gradle file )

-Gradle version:2.3

-Java Source Compatibility :1.7

-Elasticsearch support:2.2

2)git clone https://github.com/asj177/PCAPRestService.git

3)Go to PCAPRestService

4)gradle clean build

5)After build is successful ,got to build/libs

6)run the command java -jar demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Runs at 8080

#Configurations

1)Do not forget to add your .SO file path at URIConstansts.java (Name of the Variable :PCAP_SO_FILE_LOCATION)

2)Do not forget to add your INI file path at URIConstants.java (Name of the Variable:PCAP_INI_FILE_LOCATION)

3)Do not forget to add your file storage path at URIConstants.java (Name of the Variable:PCAP_FILE_LOCATION)

#Functions

1)Start the PCAP Mining Process API

EndPoint:/pcap

Method:POST

Accept:application/json

Content-type:application/json

Body:PCAPParams in JSON format eg:{"ip_a":"10.X.X.X"}

Headers Should also contain the Key

2)Get PCAP Status API

EndPoint:/pcap/status

Metod:GET

Accept:Applications/JSON

Content-Type:Application/JSON

Headers should also contain the Key

3)Get PCAP Mining Stats

EndPoint:/pcap/miningStat

Method:POST

Accept:Applications/JSON

Content-Type:Application/JSON

Body:PCAP Params as in Start PCAP Mining

Headers should also contain the Key

4)Cancel PCAP Operations:Work in Progress

5)Get PCAP File

EndPoint:/pcap/file

Method:GET

Accept:APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_VALUE

Request Params:Should contain the file name which is the key

6)Get ES Data

EndPoint:/esdata/{to}/{from}

Method:GET

Accept:Application/Json

Content-Type:applications/json