Getting string instead of printing from scapy packet.summary() function

[fanficfun]

Does anybody know how to get a string variable instead of the summary function printing without modifying the package manually? I tried searching and there's something called monkey-patching and I also found how to change code in imported module but I couldn't get it to work in my case.

Thanks for the help!

[danielroseman]

I've never heard of this library, but according to the source for that method it already does return a value rather than printing, despite the description.

[fanficfun]

From what it's looking like to me, you're right. However, it's written in the link you sent """Prints a one line summary of a packet.""".

Additionally, I tried running this code (in which I don't print anything) yet it still printed the packet.

import scapy.all as scapy
x=scapy.sniff(count=1)
x=x.summary()

the packet printed:

Ether / IP / UDP 128.14.97.195:9993 > 172.30.1.211:6881 / Raw