access_points
Scan your WiFi and get access point information and signal quality.
Works on multiple platforms: Windows/OSX/Linux.
Installation
pip install access_points
On linux systems you might want to install nmcli (recommended) or iwlist:
apt-get install network-manager # Ubuntu
pacman -S networkmanager # Arch Linux
Usage
In Python
from access_points import get_scanner
wifi_scanner = get_scanner()
wifi_scanner.get_access_points()
# [{'bssid': 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX',
# 'quality': 90,
# 'security': 'WPA2(802.1x,Unrecognized(0)/AES/AES)',
# 'ssid': 'MyWifi1'},
# {'bssid': 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX',
# 'quality': 80,
# 'security': 'WPA2(802.1x,Unrecognized(0),FT-802.1x/AES/AES)',
# 'ssid': 'NeighbourWifi1'}]On command line:
access_points
# [{'bssid': 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX',
# 'quality': 90,
# 'security': 'WPA2(802.1x,Unrecognized(0)/AES/AES)',
# 'ssid': 'MyWifi1'},
# {'bssid': 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX',
# 'quality': 130,
# 'security': 'WPA2(802.1x,Unrecognized(0),FT-802.1x/AES/AES)',
# 'ssid': 'NeighbourWifi1'}]Using a different device:
Python:
wifi_scanner = get_scanner("wlp2s0")
Command line:
access_points wlp2s0
Tests
This how to run tests:
git clone https://github.com/kootenpv/access_points
cd access_points
python setup.py install
tox