wifipasswords

Retrieve and save all WiFi networks and passwords on the device.
On windows uses the netsh subprocess.
On linux reads the NetworkManager files or wpa_supplicant.conf.

Cross platform:

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS (to be implemented)

NOTE: requires sudo privileges on linux only if NetworkManager is not used.

Features

• Importable as a package or able to be run directly on the command line
• Tested in Python 3.6 - 3.9
• Tested on Windows 10, Ubuntu 18 - 20.04 and Debian Buster
• Returns WiFi passwords as a dictionary
• Able to show visible wifi networks
• Able to show currently connected SSID
• Able to show current DNS config
• Can save networks as JSON or wpa_supplicant.conf file

Installation

Installed via pip using: pip install wifipasswords

Usage

from wifipasswords import WifiPasswords

passwords = WifiPasswords().get_passwords()
connected_passwords = WifiPasswords().get_currently_connected_passwords()

print(passwords)
print(connected_passwords)

WifiPasswords().save_wpa_supplicant('.', passwords, True, 'GB')

Command Line Usage

Provides a command line interface callable after installation with:

• python3 -m wifipasswords
• wifipasswords

    ~ $ wifipasswords

To see command line options run wifipasswords -h

Packaging as EXE

Can be packaged to an EXE on windows with:
pyinstaller --clean --noconsole --onefile -i <icon> wifipasswords_exe.py

The wifipasswords_exe.py file is the same as the main.py file in the package except will pause after console output is finished to prevent the terminal from auto-closing if the EXE is run directly.

To-Do

• Add macOS Support
• Add getters for accessing variables directly
• Fix visible network, DNS config and number of interfaces for Linux
• Add automated tests
• Add method to check and return only the connected SSID name and Password
• Use nmcli to retrieve passwords on linux rather than reading files (may not require sudo)
• Multithreading support for windows to imporove execution speed

About

Creation date: 10-02-2019
Modified date: 26-03-2021
Dependencies: colorama

Licence

Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Joe Campbell
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPLv3)

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and / or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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