wpaclient

Package wpaclient provides a high level wap_supplicant client.

Install

go get github.com/brlbil/wpaclient

Usage

Execute

Client can execute commands, all of the available commands are exported.

// Initialize n new client
client, err := New("wlan0")
if err != nil {
    return err
}
// Close connection
defer client.Close()

// Execute a command, all commands are exported
buf, err := client.Execute(CmdPing)

fmt.Println(buf)
$ PONG

Scan access-points

Scan is a helper function for SCAN and SCAN_RESULTS commands.

aps, err := client.Scan()

for _, ap := range aps {
    fmt.Printf("ssid: %s mac: %s freq: %d signal strength: %d\n",
    ap.SSID, ap.BSSID, ap.Frequency, ap.SignalStrength)
}

List networks

List is a helper function for LIST_NETWORKS command.

nets, err := client.Networks()

for _, nt := range nets {
    fmt.Printf("id: %d, ssid: %s\n", nt.ID, nt.SSID)
}

Get event notifications

Client get event notification by opening a second socket connection.

// Get all events
ch, err := client.Notify()

// Just get connection and disconnection events.
ch, err := client.Notify(WpaEventConnected, WpaEventDisconnected)

ev := <- ch

Credits

• Birol Bilgin

License

The MIT License (MIT) - see LICENSE.md for more details