iwconfig.js

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var child_process = require('child_process');

/**
 * The **iwconfig** command is used to configure wireless network interfaces.
 *
 * @private
 * @category iwconfig
 *
 */
var iwconfig = module.exports = {
  exec: child_process.exec,
  status: status
};

/**
 * Parses the status for a single wireless network interface.
 *
 * @private
 * @static
 * @category iwconfig
 * @param {string} block The section of stdout for the interface.
 * @returns {object} The parsed wireless network interface status.
 *
 */
function parse_status_block(block) {
  var match;

  // Skip out of the block is invalid
  if (!block) return;

  var parsed = {
    interface: block.match(/^([^\s]+)/)[1]
  };

  if ((match = block.match(/Access Point:\s*([A-Fa-f0-9:]{17})/))) {
    parsed.access_point = match[1].toLowerCase();
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Frequency[:|=]\s*([0-9\.]+)/))) {
    parsed.frequency = parseFloat(match[1]);
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/IEEE\s*([^\s]+)/))) {
    parsed.ieee = match[1].toLowerCase();
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Mode[:|=]\s*([^\s]+)/))) {
    parsed.mode = match[1].toLowerCase();
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Noise level[:|=]\s*(-?[0-9]+)/))) {
    parsed.noise = parseInt(match[1], 10);
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Link Quality[:|=]\s*([0-9]+)/))) {
    parsed.quality = parseInt(match[1], 10);
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Sensitivity[:|=]\s*([0-9]+)/))) {
    parsed.sensitivity = parseInt(match[1], 10);
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/Signal level[:|=]\s*(-?[0-9]+)/))) {
    parsed.signal = parseInt(match[1], 10);
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/ESSID[:|=]\s*"([^"]+)"/))) {
    parsed.ssid = match[1];
  }

  if ((match = block.match(/unassociated/))) {
    parsed.unassociated = true;
  }

  return parsed;
}

/**
 * Parses the status for all wireless network interfaces.
 *
 * @private
 * @static
 * @category iwconfig
 * @param {function} callback The callback function.
 *
 */
function parse_status(callback) {
  return function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (error) callback(error);
    else callback(error,
      stdout.trim().replace(/ {10,}/g, '').split('\n\n').map(parse_status_block).filter(function(i) { return !! i }));
  };
}

/**
 * Parses the status for a single wireless network interface.
 *
 * @private
 * @static
 * @category iwconfig
 * @param {function} callback The callback function.
 *
 */
function parse_status_interface(callback) {
  return function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (error) callback(error);
    else callback(error, parse_status_block(stdout.trim()));
  };
}

/**
 * Parses the status for a single wireless network interface.
 *
 * @private
 * @static
 * @category iwconfig
 * @param {string} [interface] The wireless network interface.
 * @param {function} callback The callback function.
 * @example
 *
 * var iwconfig = require('wireless-tools/iwconfig');
 *
 * iwconfig.status(function(err, status) {
 *   console.log(status);
 * });
 *
 * // =>
 * [
 *   {
 *     interface: 'wlan0',
 *     access_point: '00:0b:81:95:12:21',
 *     frequency: 2.437,
 *     ieee: '802.11bg',
 *     mode: 'master',
 *     noise: 0,
 *     quality: 77,
 *     sensitivity: 0,
 *     signal: 50,
 *     ssid: 'RaspberryPi'
 *   },
 *   {
 *     interface: 'wlan1',
 *     frequency: 2.412,
 *     mode: 'auto',
 *     noise: 0,
 *     quality: 0,
 *     sensitivity: 0,
 *     signal: 0,
 *     unassociated: true
 *   }
 * ]
 *
 */
function status(interface, callback) {
  if (callback) {
    return this.exec('iwconfig ' + interface,
      parse_status_interface(callback));
  }
  else {
    return this.exec('iwconfig', parse_status(interface));
  }
}