Unable to get all available networks using WlanGetAvailableNetworkList in Python

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I am trying to get the list of all available networks using WlanGetAvailableNetworkList. The scan returns an object which contains NumberOfItems. When I loop over the array of networks based NumberOfItems it only shows me the first network and anything beyond that gives me IndexError: invalid index.
here’s my code

from win32wifi.Win32Wifi import WlanScan, WlanOpenHandle, WlanGetProfileList, WlanEnumInterfaces, WlanGetAvailableNetworkList, WlanCloseHandle, WlanConnect

handle =WlanOpenHandle()
interfaces = WlanEnumInterfaces(handle).contents
g= interfaces.InterfaceInfo[0].InterfaceGuid
WlanScan(handle, g)
networks= WlanGetAvailableNetworkList(handle, g).contents
print("Number of networks : ", networks.NumberOfItems)
for i in range(networks.NumberOfItems):
    print('Network : ', networks.Network[i].dot11Ssid.SSID )

WlanCloseHandle(handle)

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Answer 1

I spoke too soon in my comment (so I deleted it). Apparently, win32wifi.Win32Wifi offers lots of functionalities that wrap CTypes, but the namespace is polluted because of statements like from win32wifi.Win32NativeWifiApi import *. Anyway, here’s an example.

code00.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys

from win32wifi import Win32Wifi as ww


def main(*argv):
    interfaces = ww.getWirelessInterfaces()
    print("WLAN Interfaces: {:d}".format(len(interfaces)))
    for idx0, interface in enumerate(interfaces):
        print("n  {:d}n  GUID: [{:s}]n  Description:  [{:s}]n  State: [{:s}]".format(idx0, interface.guid_string, interface.description, interface.state_string))
        networks = ww.getWirelessAvailableNetworkList(interface)
        print("n  Networks: {:d}".format(len(networks)))
        for idx1, network in enumerate(networks):
            print("n    {:d}n    SSID: [{:s}]n    Profile: [{:}]n    Connectable: {:}n    Signal quality: {:d}n    Flags: {:d}n    Security: {:}n    Auth: {:}".format(
                idx1, network.ssid.decode(), network.profile_name, network.connectable, network.signal_quality, network.flags, network.security_enabled, network.auth))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("Python {:s} {:03d}bit on {:s}n".format(" ".join(elem.strip() for elem in sys.version.split("n")),
                                                   64 if sys.maxsize > 0x100000000 else 32, sys.platform))
    rc = main(*sys.argv[1:])
    print("nDone.")
    sys.exit(rc)

Output:

[cfati@CFATI-5510-0:e:WorkDevStackOverflowq056703966]> "e:WorkDevVEnvspy_pc064_03.07.06_test0Scriptspython.exe" code00.py
Python 3.7.6 (tags/v3.7.6:43364a7ae0, Dec 19 2019, 00:42:30) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] 64bit on win32

WLAN Interfaces: 1

  0
  GUID: [{0C58E048-BC0B-4D5F-A21F-FCD4E4B31806}]
  Description:  [Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260]
  State: [wlan_interface_state_connected]

  Networks: 4

    0
    SSID: [D****l Software]
    Profile: [D****l Software]
    Connectable: True
    Signal quality: 91
    Flags: 3
    Security: True
    Auth: DOT11_AUTH_ALGO_RSNA_PSK

    1
    SSID: []
    Profile: []
    Connectable: True
    Signal quality: 85
    Flags: 0
    Security: True
    Auth: DOT11_AUTH_ALGO_RSNA_PSK

    2
    SSID: [sec]
    Profile: []
    Connectable: True
    Signal quality: 33
    Flags: 0
    Security: True
    Auth: DOT11_AUTH_ALGO_RSNA_PSK

    3
    SSID: [D****l Software]
    Profile: []
    Connectable: True
    Signal quality: 91
    Flags: 0
    Security: True
    Auth: DOT11_AUTH_ALGO_RSNA_PSK

Done.

Update #0

Although it’s not related to this question, I found (and fixed) some Win32WiFi bugs while working on [SO]: How to connect to WiFi network on Windows (@CristiFati’s answer). Might want to take a look.

Answered By: CristiFati

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