/** * node-wifi-scanner * Created by kc on 04.04.16. */ 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'); const netsh = require('./lib/netsh'); var scanner; // Initializing the tools function initTools(callback) { // When a command is not found, an error is issued and async would finish. Therefore we pack // the error into the result and check it later on. async.parallel([ function (cb) { exec(airport.detector, function (err) { cb(null, {err: err, scanner: airport} ) } ); }, function (cb) { exec(iwlist.detector, function (err) { cb(null, {err: err, scanner: iwlist} ) } ); }, function (cb) { exec(netsh.detector, function (err) { cb(null, {err: err, scanner: netsh} ) } ); } ], function (err, results) { var res = _.find(results, function (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) { callback(err, null); return; } scanner.parseOutput(stdout, callback); }); } module.exports = { /** * Scan for wifis * @param callback */ scan: function (callback) { if (!scanner) { initTools(function (err, s) { if (err) { return callback(err); } scanner = s; scanNetworks(callback); }); return; } scanNetworks(callback); } };