Util

The suricata.util library provides utility functions for Lua scripts.

Setup

The library must be loaded prior to use::

local util = require("suricata.util")

Functions

.. function:: thread_info()

Get information about the current thread.

:returns: Table containing thread information with the following fields:

  - ``id`` (number): Thread ID
  - ``name`` (string): Thread name 
        

Example::

   local util = require("suricata.util")
   
   local info = util.thread_info()
   print("Thread ID: " .. info.id)
   print("Thread Name: " .. info.name)