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https://github.com/kootenpv/access_points

Scan your WiFi and get access point information and signal quality
https://github.com/kootenpv/access_points

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Scan your WiFi and get access point information and signal quality

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## access_points

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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

```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:

```bash
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