""" A module to show the currently active network connection (ethernet or wifi) and connection strength if the connection is wireless. Requires the Python netifaces package and iw installed on Linux. A simpler take on nic and network_traffic. No extra config necessary! """ import util.cli import util.format import core.module import core.widget import core.input import netifaces import socket class Module(core.module.Module): @core.decorators.every(seconds=5) def __init__(self, config, theme): super().__init__(config, theme, core.widget.Widget(self.network)) self.__is_wireless = False self.__is_connected = False self.__interface = None self.__message = None self.__signal = -110 # Get network information to display to the user def network(self, widgets): # Determine whether there is an internet connection try: socket.create_connection(("1.1.1.1", 53)) self.__is_connected = True except Exception: self.__is_connected = False # Attempt to extract a valid network interface device try: self.__interface = netifaces.gateways()["default"][netifaces.AF_INET][1] except Exception: self.__interface = None # Check to see if the interface (if connected to the internet) is wireless if self.__is_connected and self.__interface: try: with open("/proc/net/wireless", "r") as f: self.__is_wireless = self.__interface in f.read() f.close() except Exception: self.__is_wireless = False # setup message to send to the user if not self.__is_connected or not self.__interface: self.__message = "No connection" elif not self.__is_wireless: # Assuming that if user is connected via non-wireless means that it will be ethernet self.__signal = -30 self.__message = "Ethernet" else: # We have a wireless connection iw_dat = util.cli.execute("iwgetid") has_ssid = "ESSID" in iw_dat signal = self.__compute_signal(self.__interface) # If signal is None, that means that we can't compute the default interface's signal strength self.__signal = ( util.format.asint(signal, minimum=-110, maximum=-30) if signal else None ) ssid = ( iw_dat[iw_dat.index(":") + 1 :].replace('"', "").strip() if has_ssid else "Unknown" ) self.__message = self.__generate_wireles_message(ssid, self.__signal) return self.__message # State determined by signal strength def state(self, widget): if self.__compute_strength(self.__signal) < 50: return "critical" if self.__compute_strength(self.__signal) < 75: return "warning" return None # manually done for better granularity / ease of parsing strength data def __generate_wireles_message(self, ssid, signal): computed_strength = self.__compute_strength(signal) strength_str = str(computed_strength) if computed_strength else "?" return "{} {}%".format(ssid, strength_str) def __compute_strength(self, signal): return int(100 * ((signal + 100) / 70.0)) if signal else None # get signal strength in decibels/milliwat def __compute_signal(self, interface): # Get connection strength cmd = "iwconfig {}".format(interface) config_dat = " ".join(util.cli.execute(cmd).split()) config_tokens = config_dat.replace("=", " ").split() # handle weird output try: signal = config_tokens[config_tokens.index("level") + 1] except Exception: signal = None return signal