Wpa_statusd

WPA_statusd is a tiny system daemon which provides a silly little readonly interface to wpa_supplicant.

It is meant to be used in a way where the user starts up wpa_supplicant manually.

Config

Located at "/etc/wpa_statusd.ini".

Example

socket = /tmp/wpa_statusd.sok
wpa_supplicant_socket = /run/wpa_supplicant/wls1

Systemd

Support for systemd is optional, the Makefile has it per default. You might want to edit the service file, it runs a script upon initialization that makes the socket writable by normal users.

Building

The Makefile has a bunch of variables which lets you control stuff, most notably: - SYSTEMD - boolean that controls wether anything systemd related is installed. - BIN - defaults to "sbin", you might want to change that.

Also:

make
sudo make install

Protocol

It sends sends BSON around. BSON is very cursed.

There is also a python client library available, it should illustrate how to communicate with wpa_statusd.

Example Request

{
  "type": "Request",
  "method": "PING",
  "id": "bla"
}

Example Response

{
  "type": "Response",
  "id": "bla",
  "method": "PING",
  "result": "Pong"
}

Example Error

{
  "type": "Error",
  "id": null,
  "method": null,
  "code": "MalformedRequest"
}

Commands

It offers the following commands:

• PING
  • Pongs back.
• SUPPLICANT_RUNNING.
  • Checks if wpa_supplicant is running.
• LIST_NETWORKS
  • Lists all configured networks.
  • Forwarded form wpa_supplicant's interface.
• STATUS
  • Returns the current state of the supplicant.
  • Forwarded form wpa_supplicant's interface.