BGPStream Components

Tools

BGPReader
Generate ASCII output

Eyeball raw data Shell one-liners

BGPReader is the simplest interface to BGPStream: a command-line tool for extracting BGP measurement data in ASCII format. It can also be used as a drop-in replacement for the legacy bgpdump tool.


APIs

libBGPStream
Develop C/C++ code

Build efficient tools Build complex infrastructure

libBGPStream is the central library of the BGPStream framework. It is written in C and presents a simple API for configuring and reading a stream of BGP measurement data. All BGPStream tools as well as the PyBGPStream API make use of libBGPStream.


PyBGPStream
Develop Python code

Rapid prototyping Ad-hoc analysis

PyBGPStream is Python package that provides bindings to the libBGPStream library, allowing Python scripts to configure and read a stream of BGP measurement data.

Learn about PyBGPStream »

Metadata Broker Service
Access data-provider metadata

Track available data Add support for new data sources

The BGPStream Broker is a web application that provides a unified HTTP query interface to retrieve metadata about data available from different data providers.

Learn about the Broker HTTP API »