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jc - JSON Convert iwconfig command output parser

No iwconfig options are supported.

Usage (cli):

$ iwconfig | jc --iwconfig

or

$ jc iwconfig

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('iwconfig', iwconfig_command_output)

Schema:

[
    {
        "name":                         string,
        "protocol":                     string,
        "essid":                        string,
        "mode":                         string,
        "frequency":                    float,
        "frequency_unit":               string,
        "access_point":                 string,
        "bit_rate":                     float,
        "bit_rate_unit":                string,
        "tx_power":                     integer,
        "tx_power_unit":                string,
        "retry_short_limit":            integer,
        "rts_threshold":                boolean,
        "fragment_threshold":           boolean,
        "power_management":             boolean,
        "link_quality":                 string,
        "signal_level":                 integer,
        "signal_level_unit":            string,
        "rx_invalid_nwid":              integer,
        "rx_invalid_crypt":             integer,
        "rx_invalid_frag":              integer,
        "tx_excessive_retries":         integer,
        "invalid_misc":                 integer,
        "missed_beacon":                integer
    }
]

Examples:

$  iwconfig | jc --iwconfig -p
[
  {
    "name": "wlp5s0",
    "protocol": "IEEE 802.11",
    "essid": "BLABLABLA",
    "mode": "Managed",
    "frequency": 5.18,
    "frequency_unit": "GHz",
    "access_point": "E6:64:DA:16:51:BF",
    "bit_rate": 6.0,
    "bit_rate_unit": "Mb/s",
    "tx_power": 30,
    "tx_power_unit": "dBm",
    "retry_short_limit": 7,
    "rts_threshold": false,
    "fragment_threshold": false,
    "power_management": true,
    "link_quality": "61/70",
    "signal_level": -49,
    "signal_level_unit": "dBm",
    "rx_invalid_nwid": 0,
    "rx_invalid_crypt": 0,
    "rx_invalid_frag": 0,
    "tx_excessive_retries": 0,
    "invalid_misc": 2095,
    "missed_beacon": 0
  }
]

parse

def parse(data: str,
          raw: bool = False,
          quiet: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

data:        (string)  text data to parse
raw:         (boolean) unprocessed output if True
quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True

Returns:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux

Source: jc/parsers/iwconfig.py

Version 1.2 by Thomas Vincent (vrince@gmail.com)