configure a wifi interface to 4add/wds mode via iwd

async-set-wds.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

from gi.repository import GLib

import dbus
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import sys

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print('Usage: {} <mac-address>'.format(sys.argv[0]))
    sys.exit(1)

interface_address = sys.argv[1]

def interfaces_added_cb(object_path, interfaces):
    device_properties = interfaces.get("net.connman.iwd.Device")
    if device_properties is None:
        # not a device
        return False
    if device_properties.get('Address') != interface_address:
        # not the device
        return False
    if device_properties.get('WDS') == 1:
        print('wds already enabled on interface: {}'.format(name))
        mainloop.quit()
        return True
    name = device_properties.get('Name', 'n/a')
    device = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object("net.connman.iwd", object_path),
                        "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties")
    device.Set("net.connman.iwd.Device", "WDS", dbus.Boolean(True))
    print('enabled wds on interface: {}'.format(name))
    mainloop.quit()
    return True


if __name__ == '__main__':
    dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
    mainloop = GLib.MainLoop()

    bus = dbus.SystemBus()

    # add a signal handler to configure interfaces to appear later
    bus.add_signal_receiver(interfaces_added_cb, bus_name="net.connman.iwd",
                            dbus_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager",
                            signal_name="InterfacesAdded")

    # enumerate already present interfaces
    manager = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object("net.connman.iwd", "/"),
                                        "org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager")
    objects = manager.GetManagedObjects()
    for path, interfaces in objects.items():
        if interfaces_added_cb(path, interfaces):
            sys.exit(0)

    mainloop.run()