wifi, a Python interface

Wifi provides a set of tools for configuring and connecting to WiFi networks on Linux systems. Using this library, you can discover networks, connect to them, save your configurations, and much, much more.

The original impetus for creating this library was my frustration with with connecting to the Internet using NetworkManager and wicd. It is very much for computer programmers, not so much for normal computer users. Wifi is built on top the old technologies of the /etc/network/interfaces file and ifup and ifdown. It is inspired by ifscheme.

The library also comes with an executable that you can use to manage your WiFi connections. Wifi currently supports the following encryption types:

  • No encryption
  • WEP
  • WPA2

If you need support for other network types, please file a bug on GitHub and we’ll definitely try to get to it. Patches, of course, are always welcome.

Installation

Wifi is available for installation on PyPI:

$ pip install wifi

This will install the the wifi command, a Python library for discovering and connecting to wifi networks, and a bash completion file for the wifi command.

Contributing

The (very little) development for wifi happens on GitHub. If you ever run into issues with wifi, please don’t hesitate to open an issue. Pull requests are welcome.