Retrieve and save all WiFi networks and passwords on the device.
On windows uses the netsh subprocess.
On linux reads the NetworkManager files or wpa_supplicant.conf.

Cross platform:

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS (working - however see below note)

there is also a GUI version of this tool that can be found here - WifiPasswords-GUI

NOTE: requires sudo privileges on linux only if NetworkManager is not used.

NOTE: Macos requires admin authentication for each password read, this can result in a lot of prompts for the get_passwords() function. I am currently looking for a solution for this.

• Importable as a package or able to be run directly on the command line
• Tested in Python 3.6 - 3.10
• Tested on Windows 10, Ubuntu 18 - 20.04, Debian Buster, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
• Returns WiFi passwords as a dictionary
• Able to show visible wifi networks
• Able to show currently connected SSID
• Able to show current DNS config
• Able to show known SSIDs and find single network passwords
• Can save networks as JSON or wpa_supplicant.conf file

Installed via pip using: pip install wifipasswords

from wifipasswords import WifiPasswords

passwords = WifiPasswords().get_passwords()
connected_passwords = WifiPasswords().get_currently_connected_passwords()

print(passwords)
print(connected_passwords)

WifiPasswords().save_wpa_supplicant('.', passwords, True, 'GB')

Provides a command line interface callable after installation with:

• python3 -m wifipasswords
• wifipasswords

    ~ $ wifipasswords

To see command line options run wifipasswords -h

Can be packaged to an EXE on windows with:
pyinstaller --clean --noconsole --onefile -i <icon> wifipasswords_exe.py

The wifipasswords_exe.py file is the same as the main.py file in the package except will pause after console output is finished to prevent the terminal from auto-closing if the EXE is run directly.

Test locally with pytest -v ./tests Currently github test runners do not have nmcli interface to access wifi data so test locally.

Creation date: 10-02-2019
Dependencies: colorama

Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Joe Campbell
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPLv3)

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