Cpywpa

Introduction

Cpywpa is another simple tool to control wpa_supplicant for Python. However, rather than using d-Bus, it wrote with Cython so it can directly use OFFICIAL C interface.

Installation

First, make sure you have the latest pip

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then you can install Cpywpa with this command

python3 -m pip install Cpywpa

Here is the dependent packages and they will be installed during installation.

How to use

⚠ NOTE ⚠

While only root user can access wpa_supplicant interface, all codes below are running with sudo or by root user.

1. Get current network status

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager
from pprint import pprint

manager = NetworkManager()
pprint(manager.getStatus())

2. List known network

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager
from pprint import pprint

manager = NetworkManager()
pprint(manager.listNetwork())

3. Scan network around and get scan results

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager
from pprint import pprint
from time import sleep

manager = NetworkManager()
# you can use scan() to scan and get scan results
# use scan_time to set sleep time
pprint(manager.scan(scan_time=8))
# or use onlyScan() to scan and use scanResults() to get results
manager.onlyScan()
sleep(10)
pprint(manager.scanResults())

3. Connect to a network

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager

manager = NetworkManager()
# connect to a known network
# Syize is my wifi name
manager.connect('Syize')
# connect to a new network
manager.connect('Syize', passwd='wifi-password')

4. Add a network but don't connect

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager

manager = NetworkManager()
manager.addNetwork('Syize', 'wifi-password')

5. Delete a network

from Cpywpa import NetworkManager

manager = NetworkManager()
manager.removeNetwork('Syize')

For more information, please head to GitHub