Wpas

Simple tool for basic management of wpa_supplicant through dbus. Goal is to be more friendly than wpa_cli.

Installation

pip install wpas

python gobject is required(apt-get install python-gi in ubuntu).

Scan networks

wpas scan

Connect to a network

wpas connect SSID [--save wifi.json]

the --save argument will store ssid/password(which is prompted by connect) into wifi.json. If the file exists, it will be appended.

Load networks from wifi.json

wpas load wifi.json

This will add all networks/ssids saved to wifi.json in wpa_supplicant.

Specify wireless interface

wpas will try to determine your wireless interface name through the ip link shell comand. If it fails or you have more than one wifi card, specify it with the --ifname option(before subcommands). Example:

wpas --ifname=wlp1s5 scan
wpas --ifname=wlp1s5 connect SSID

Example with ubuntu

First, create a systemd service(/etc/systemd/system/wpa-configure.service) to load all saved networks during boot:

[Unit]
Description=Configure wpa supplicant at startup
After=wpa_supplicant.service
ConditionPathExists=/usr/local/bin/wpas
ConditionPathExists=/etc/wifi.json

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/wpas load /etc/wifi.json

[Install]
Also=wpa_supplicant.service
WantedBy=multi-user.target 

Add new networks with sudo wpas connect SSID --save /etc/wifi.json and they will be loaded automatically at boot.

To use without root permissions, add your user to the netdev group.