Some Python Airport code

getcurrent.py

#!/usr/bin/python -tt
import subprocess
airport = '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport'

def getAirportInfo():
  arguments = [airport,"--getinfo"]
  execute = subprocess.Popen(arguments, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  out, err = execute.communicate()
  dict = {}
  for line in out.split('\n'):
    parse = line.split(': ') 
    try:
      key = parse[0].strip()
      value = parse[1]
      dict[key] = value
    except IndexError:
      None 
  return dict
airportInfo = getAirportInfo()
print airportInfo['SSID']