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Query NetworkManager via DBUS in Python: Get the SSID of the active wireless connection
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
import dbus | |
NM = 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' | |
NMCA = NM + '.Connection.Active' | |
NMDW = NM + '.Device.Wireless' | |
NMAP = NM + '.AccessPoint' | |
DBUS_PROPS = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' | |
def main(): | |
bus = dbus.SystemBus() | |
nm = bus.get_object(NM, '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager') | |
conns = nm.Get(NM, 'ActiveConnections', dbus_interface=DBUS_PROPS) | |
conn = conns[0] | |
active_conn = bus.get_object(NM, conn) | |
devices = active_conn.Get(NMCA, 'Devices', dbus_interface=DBUS_PROPS) | |
dev_name = devices[0] | |
dev = bus.get_object(NM, dev_name) | |
ap_name = dev.Get(NMDW, 'ActiveAccessPoint', dbus_interface=DBUS_PROPS) | |
ap = bus.get_object(NM, ap_name) | |
ssid = ap.Get(NMAP, 'Ssid', dbus_interface=DBUS_PROPS, byte_arrays=True) | |
print(ssid) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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