OSX Wifi Terminal Tool

pyscan-wifi

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import subprocess
import urwid

def filterNames(string):
  temp = string.lstrip().split(' ')
  return temp[0]

def getAvailableNetworks():
  #command used to get the available wifi networks
  command = '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport'

  #get the command output and parse it to variable
  p = subprocess.Popen([command,'scan'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
  output = []
  for line in p.stdout:
    output.append(line)
  output.pop(0)
  
  networklist = []
  # get rid of the leading spaces, split by ' ' and pass the names into a list
  for i in range(0, len(output)):
    networklist.append(filterNames(output[i]))

  return networklist

def connectToNetwork(network):
  return true

def menu(title, choices):
  body = [urwid.Text(title), urwid.Divider()]
  for c in choices:
    button = urwid.Button(c)
    urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', exit_program, c)
    body.append(urwid.AttrMap(button, None, focus_map='reversed'))
  return urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(body))

def item_chosen(button, choice):
  response = urwid.Text([u'You chose ', choice, u'\n'])
  done = urwid.Button(u'Ok')
  urwid.connect_signal(done, 'click', exit_program)
  main.original_widget = urwid.Filler(urwid.Pile([response,
    urwid.AttrMap(done, None, focus_map='reversed')]))  

def exit_program(key):
  if key in ('q', 'Q'):
    raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()

# main function
def main():
  networklist = getAvailableNetworks()

  main = urwid.Padding(menu(u'Networks', networklist), left=2, right=2)
  
  top = urwid.Overlay(main, urwid.SolidFill(u' '),
    align='center', width=('relative', 60),
    valign='middle', height=('relative', 60),
    min_width=20, min_height=9)
  
  urwid.MainLoop(top, palette=[('reversed', 'standout', '')], 
    unhandled_input=exit_program).run()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()