alexitx/ap-parse

Parser for iw and iwinfo on OpenWrt devices

ap-parse

Parser for iw and iwinfo on OpenWrt devices. Currently supports only device list and connected stations data. Output from iw and iwinfo on other platforms might work, but it's not tested.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • CLI
  • API
• License

Installation

python -m pip install -U ap-parse

Usage

Log in to the device via SSH and run the the command of choice. Feed the output to ap-parse either programmatically or via the CLI.

• List devices with iw:

  iw dev

• List stations with iw:

  iw dev <device name> station dump

• List devices with iwinfo:

  iwinfo

• List stations with iwinfo:

  iwinfo <device name> assoclist

CLI

Pipe the command output to ap-parse. Example for iwinfo device list:

ssh <user@host> iwinfo | python -m apparse iwinfo device

Argument	Type	Values	Description
backend	str	iw, iwinfo	Utility used to generate the output data
type	str	device, station	Type of the output data

API

Save the command output to a file and pass it as a string to the appropriate parser. Example for iwinfo device list:

ssh <user@host> iwinfo > output.txt

import apparse

with open('output.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    raw_data = f.read()

parsed_data = apparse.parse_iwinfo_station(raw_data)
print(parsed_data)

In case you wish to add or remove fields or modify regexes, subclass one of the parser classes under its respective module apparse.*_parser.

License

MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.