def CalculateApacheIpHits(logfile_pathname):
# make a dictionary to store Ip's and their hit counts and read the
# contents of the logfile line by line
IpHitListing = {}
Contents = open(logfile_pathname, "r").readlines()
# go through each line of the logfile
for line in Contents:
#split the string to isolate the ip
Ip = line.split(" ")[0]
# ensure length of the ip is proper: see discussion
if 6 < len(Ip) < 15:
# Increase by 1 if ip exists else hit count = 1
IpHitListing[Ip] = IpHitListing.get(Ip, 0) + 1
return IpHitListing
# example usage
HitsDictionary = CalculateApacheIpHits("/usr/local/nusphere/apache/logs/access_log")
print HitsDictionary["127.0.0.1"]
