PyNmcli

Simple python interface to Network Manager CLI

PyNmcli provides a easy to use python (2.7+ or 3+) interface to Network Manager CLI. Official documentation of nmcli under: https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/stable/nmcli.html

Dependencies

This project has no dependencies and works with python 2.7+ (python 3 as well)

This package directly uses Network-Manager.

Your can install it running the following command from shell:

sudo apt-get install network-manager

Installation

You may install this package in two ways:

• Compile from code

  git clone https://github.com/fbarresi/PyNmcli.git
  cd PyNmcli
  python setup.py install
  

• Pypi

  pip install pynmcli
  

Usage

Just import the package:

import pynmcli

and call Network Manager function just like:

result = pynmcli.NetworkManager('--version').execute()

or

result = pynmcli.NetworkManager.Device().wifi('list').execute()

you can also use some built-in help methods in order to convert output tables in more handy python dictionaries:

wifi_dict = pynmcli.get_data(pynmcli.NetworkManager.Device().wifi().execute())

Contribute

Whould you like to contribute to this project? YES, PLEASE!

Just fork this repository and submit your pull request.

Change log

• Version 1.0.4 - Fixed localization issues in the use of nmcli
• Version 1.0.3 - Enhanced usability
• Version 1.0.2 - Added utils for converting cli outputs into python dicts
• Version 1.0.1 - First working release
• Version 1.0.0 - Test release