Status Check Tool for Netgear Routers

netgearutils.py

'''
     Netgear Utils
'''

import urllib2

try:
    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
except:
    raise  
 
class Router(object):
    
    def __init__(self,username,password,routerip):

        self.user = username
        self.passwd = password
        self.routerip = routerip

    def request(self,url):
        try:
            url = 'http://%s%s' % (self.routerip,url)
            pMan = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
            pMan.add_password(None,url,self.user,self.passwd)
            hAuth = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(pMan)
            opener = urllib2.build_opener(hAuth)
            urllib2.install_opener(opener)
            return urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
        except:
            return False
        
    def current_status(self):
        url = '/s_status.htm&todo=cfg_init'
        data = self.request(url)
        soup = bs(data)        
        return soup.find('td',text='Modem Status').find_next_sibling().text


    def downstream(self):
        url = '/s_status.htm&todo=cfg_init'
        data =  self.request(url)
        soup = bs(data)
        return soup.find('td', text='DownStream Connection Speed').find_next_sibling().text

    def upstream(self):
        url = '/s_status.htm&todo=cfg_init'
        data =  self.request(url)
        soup = bs(data)
        return soup.find('td', text='DownStream Connection Speed').find_next_sibling().text

    def attached_devices(self):
        devices = []
        data = self.request('/setup.cgi?todo=nbtscan&next_file=devices.htm')
        
        if data == False:
            return "Unable to contact router."
        soup = bs(data)
       
        tds =  soup.findAll('table')[1].findAll('td')
        for child in tds:
            item = child.find('b')

            if item != None:
                devices.append  (item.text.strip())
            
        return devices



mynetgear = Router('yourusername','yourpass','192.168.0.1') # and your netgear router's IP


while True:

    print "Contacting router and querying attached devices..."
    print mynetgear.attached_devices()
    
    print "\nChecking downstream..."
    print mynetgear.downstream()
    
    print "\nChecking upstream..."
    print mynetgear.upstream()

    print "\nChecking current router status..."
    print mynetgear.current_status()