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The SocksiPy python module provides a simple way to connect via a SOCKS proxy. Within this article we will show you 2 examples on how to use SocksiPy. General Below allows you to establish a connection via a SOCKS proxy[1]. import socks socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, “127.0.0.1”, 8080) socket.socket = socks.socksocket import urllib2 print urllib2.urlopen(‘http://www.google.com’).read() URLLIB2 Only Should … Read more

Today I will explain the concept of unpacking and packing within Python. Unpacking Unpacking allows us to pass keyword arguments (i.e dictionary) to a function via the use of the ** syntax. We can then access the values within the function like so, >>> def do_something(**kwargs): … print kwargs[‘a’] … print kwargs[‘b’] … print kwargs[‘c’] … Read more

What is TDD ? TDD (Test-driven development) is software design approach where your code is written around your tests. With TDD the test is first created, this test initially fails. The minimum amount of code is then written to ensure the test passes. This approach provides the following benefits, promotes the creation of more efficient … Read more

Issue When trying to import MySQLdb you may find that the module is not available. And experience an error such as, django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb Solution The solution is to install MySQL-python i.e pip-2.7 install MySQL-python PIP INSTALL Error However, when trying to install MySQL-python you may then get the following … Read more

Below shows you how to compare and show the differences between 2 lists by using the set command, >>> set([1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567]).symmetric_difference([1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 157]) set([1567, 157])

To split a string into key value pairs (i.e dict) the following can be used, >>> string = “abc=123,xyz=456” >>> dict(x.split(‘=’) for x in string.split(‘,’)) {‘xyz’: ‘456’, ‘abc’: ‘123’}

Within this example we will check if the same item exists across 2 sets. If so then a boolean is returned, >>> s1 = set([1, 2, 3])>>> s2 = set([3, 4, 5])>>> bool(set(s1) & set(s2))True

The are times were you may need to print the location of a python module. There are a number of ways to achieve this. However the most simplistic method  have found is to use ‘inspect’. Below shows you an a example, >>> import inspect>>> import urllib2>>>>>> print inspect.getfile(urllib2)/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.pyc

Below shows you how to create a dictionary using keys from list items using list comprehension. From this we can also set a default value. >>> keys = [‘a’,’b’,’c’,’d’]>>> { x:False for x in keys }{‘a’: False, ‘c’: False, ‘b’: False, ‘d’: False}

Scapy is a packet manipulation program written in Python by Philippe Biondi. Within this article I will show you the code required to build a 3WHS within Python using Scapy. Prevent RST At the point you send the SYN from Scapy and the SYN-ACK is returned. Because the Linux kernel receives the SYN-ACK but didn’t … Read more

Below shows you how to merge 2 dictionaries. It is also worth noting that any items will be overwritten by the 2nd dictionary should they exist in both. This is also shown below via the bananas items. >>> x = {‘apples’: 1, ‘bananas’: 2}>>> y = {‘bananas’:3 , ‘coconuts’: 4}>>> dict(x.items() + y.items()){‘coconuts’: 4, ‘apples’: … Read more

This short Python snippet shows you how to filter a dictionary against a list of values via the use of a list comprehension. >>> d = {“apples”:1,”bananas”:2,”pears”:3} >>> {x:y for x,y in d.iteritems() if x in [“apples”,”pears”]}{‘apples’: 1, ‘pears’: 3}

Within this quick tutorial we will show you the steps required to install easy_install-2.7 and pip-2.7. Install  wget –no-check-certificate tar xf distribute-0.6.35.tar.gzcd distribute-0.6.35python2.7 setup.py install easy_install-2.7 pip Confirm [root@server]# easy_install-2.7error: No urls, filenames, or requirements specified (see –help) [root@server]# pip-2.7 -Vpip 1.3.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.3.1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

Recently I found myself in a situation where I needed to recompile mod_wgsi against a newer version of Python. This involves recompiling Python with the correct flags, then recompiling mod_wsgi using the newly compiled Python. Below shows the steps, Check Version First of all check what version of Python mod_wsgi was compiled with. [root@server]# ldd … Read more

Within this short tutorial we will show you the steps required to create a csv file that includes multi-line cells within Python. In order to create a mutliline cell within Excel (2010/2013) the following is required: newlines are represented with a carriage return/newline, the string should be wrapped in quotes. One of the great things … Read more

List comprehensions provide an more Pythonic and alternative way (i.e instead of using map and filter) in which to express a list. There are 3 components to a list comprehension. The expression, the for loop and the optional condition. As you can see below, by changing the expressions and enclosing brackets to your expression you … Read more

Within a Python program you may see the following syntax, if __name__ == “__main__”:    …(your code)… What does this mean ? When a Python program is run directly it runs within the __main__ namespace. However when a python script is imported as a module it runs within its own namespace. This statement checks the namespace … Read more