Refactoring tool detection, work in progress

index.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 const fs      = require('fs');
 const exec    = require('child_process').exec;
+const async   = require('async');
+const _       = require('lodash');
 // The tools
 const airport = require('./lib/airport');
 const iwlist  = require('./lib/iwlist');
@@ -14,25 +16,36 @@ var scanner;
 
 // Initializing the tools
 function initTools(callback) {
-  fs.stat(airport.tool, function (err, stats) {
-    if (stats) {
-      return callback(null, airport);
-    }
 
-    fs.stat(iwlist.tool, function (err, stats) {
+  // When a command is not found, an error is issued and async would finish. Therefore we pack
-      if (stats) {
+  // the error into the result and check it later on.
-        return callback(null, iwlist);
+  async.parallel([
+      function (cb) {
+        exec(airport.detector, err => cb(null, {err: err, scanner: airport}));
+      },
+      function (cb) {
+        exec(iwlist.detector, err => cb(null, {err: err, scanner: iwlist}));
+      },
+      function (cb) {
+        exec(netsh.detector, err => cb(null, {err: err, scanner: netsh}));
       }
-      fs.stat(netsh.tool, function (err, stats) {
+    ],
-        if (stats) {
+    function (err, results) {
-          return callback(null, netsh);
+      let res = _.find(results, f => {
+        return !f.err
+      });
+
+      if (res) {
+        return callback(null, res.scanner);
       }
       callback(new Error('No scanner found'));
     });
-    });
-  });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Scan the networks with the scanner detected before
+ * @param callback
+ */
 function scanNetworks(callback) {
   exec(scanner.cmdLine, function (err, stdout) {
     if (err) {

lib/airport.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 const tool    = '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport';
 const cmdLine = tool + ' -s';
+const detector = tool + ' -getInfo';
 
 const macRegex = /([0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[:]{1}){5}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}/;
 /**
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ function parseOutput(str, callback) {
 module.exports = {
   parseOutput: parseOutput,
   cmdLine    : cmdLine,
+  detector   : detector,
   tool       : tool
 };

lib/iwlist.js

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const _       = require('lodash');
 // when the default location, /usr/bin/ is not in the PATH!). GitHub issue #1
 const tool    = 'iwlist';
 const cmdLine = tool + ' scan';
+const detector = tool + ' --help';
+
 
 const macRegex  = /([0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[:]{1}){5}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}[0-9a-zA-Z]{1}/;
 const cellRegex = /Cell [0-9]{2,} - Address:/;
@@ -81,5 +83,6 @@ function parseOutput(str, callback) {
 module.exports = {
   parseOutput: parseOutput,
   cmdLine    : cmdLine,
+  detector   : detector,
   tool       : tool
 };

lib/netsh.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 const systemRoot = process.env.SystemRoot || 'C:\\Windows';
 const tool       = systemRoot + '\\System32\\netsh.exe';
 const cmdLine    = tool + ' wlan show networks mode=Bssid';
+const detector   = tool + ' -h';
 
 /**
  * Parsing netnsh output. Unfortunately netsh supplies the network information
@@ -90,5 +91,6 @@ function parseOutput(str, callback) {
 module.exports = {
   parseOutput: parseOutput,
   cmdLine    : cmdLine,
+  detector   : detector,
   tool       : tool
 };

package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
     "test": "mocha test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "lodash": "4.8.1"
+    "async": "2.1.4",
+    "lodash": "4.17.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "0.4.5",