Streams

A Kismet stream is linked to an export of data of prolonged length; for instance, packet capture logs to disk or streamed over the web API.

Streams can be monitored and managed; a privileged user can close existing streams.

Streams list

• URL

  /streams/all_streams.json

  /streams/all_streams.ekjson

  /streams/all_streams.itjson

• Methods

  GET

• Role

  readonly

• Result

  Array of active streams

Stream details

• URL

  /streams/by-id/[STREAMID]/stream_info.json

• Methods

  GET

• Role

  readonly

• URL parameters

  Key	Description
  [STREAMID]	ID of stream to examine

• Results

  Returns detailed stream information object

Closing a stream

Closing a stream cancels any data being transferred or stored.

• URL

  /streams/by-id/[STREAMID]/close_stream.cmd

• Methods

  GET

• Role

  admin

• URL parameters

  Key	Description
  [STREAMID]	ID of stream to close

• Results

  HTTP 200 on successful stream closure

  HTTP error on failure