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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import os
import time

from subprocess import check_call, check_output, CalledProcessError

from uuid import uuid4
from argparse import ArgumentParser

CONNECTIONS_PATH = '/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/'


def wifi_connection_section(ssid, uuid):

    if not uuid:
        uuid = uuid4()

    connection = """
[connection]
id=%s
uuid=%s
type=802-11-wireless
    """ % (ssid, uuid)

    wireless = """
[802-11-wireless]
ssid=%s
mode=infrastructure""" % (ssid)

    return connection + wireless


def wifi_security_section(security, key):
    # Add security field to 802-11-wireless section
    wireless_security = """
security=802-11-wireless-security

[802-11-wireless-security]
    """

    if security.lower() == 'wpa':
        wireless_security += """
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
auth-alg=open
psk=%s
        """ % key

    elif security.lower() == 'wep':
        wireless_security += """
key-mgmt=none
wep-key=%s
        """ % key

    return wireless_security


def wifi_ip_sections():
    ip = """
[ipv4]
method=auto

[ipv6]
method=auto
    """

    return ip


def mobilebroadband_connection_section(name, uuid, connection_type):
    if not uuid:
        uuid = uuid4()

    connection_section = """
[connection]
id={name}
uuid={uuid}
type={type}
autoconnect=false
    """.format(name=name, uuid=uuid, type=connection_type)

    return connection_section


def mobilebroadband_type_section(connection_type, apn,
                                 username, password, pin):
    number = ('*99#' if connection_type == 'gsm' else '#777')
    type_section = """
[{type}]
number={number}
""".format(type=connection_type, number=number)

    if apn:
        type_section += "\napn={apn}".format(apn=apn)
    if username:
        type_section += "\nusername={username}".format(username=username)
    if password:
        type_section += "\npassword={password}".format(password=password)
    if pin:
        type_section += "\npin={pin}".format(pin=pin)

    return type_section


def mobilebroadband_ppp_section():
    return """
[ppp]
lcp-echo-interval=4
lcp-echo-failure=30
    """


def mobilebroadband_ip_section():
    return """
[ipv4]
method=auto
    """


def mobilebroadband_serial_section():
    return """
[serial]
baud=115200
    """


def block_until_created(connection, retries, interval):
    while retries > 0:
        nmcli_con_list = check_output(['nmcli', 'con', 'list'],
                                      universal_newlines=True)

        if connection in nmcli_con_list:
            print("Connection %s registered" % connection)
            break

        time.sleep(interval)
        retries = retries - 1

    if retries <= 0:
        print("Failed to register %s." % connection, file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)
    else:
        try:
            nmcli_con_up = check_call(['nmcli', 'con', 'up', 'id', connection])
            print("Connection %s activated." % connection)
        except CalledProcessError as error:
            print("Failed to activate %s." % connection, file=sys.stderr)
            sys.exit(error.returncode)


def write_connection_file(name, connection_info):
    try:
        connection_file = open(CONNECTIONS_PATH + name, 'w')
        connection_file.write(connection_info)
        os.fchmod(connection_file.fileno(), 0o600)
        connection_file.close()
    except IOError:
        print("Can't write to " + CONNECTIONS_PATH + name
              + ". Is this command being run as root?", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)


def create_wifi_connection(args):
    wifi_connection = wifi_connection_section(args.ssid, args.uuid)

    if args.security:
        # Set security options
        if not args.key:
            print("You need to specify a key using --key "
                  "if using wireless security.", file=sys.stderr)
            sys.exit(1)

        wifi_connection += wifi_security_section(args.security, args.key)
    elif args.key:
        print("You specified an encryption key "
              "but did not give a security type "
              "using --security.", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    try:
        check_call(['rfkill', 'unblock', 'wlan', 'wifi'])
    except CalledProcessError:
        print("Could not unblock wireless "
              "devices with rfkill.", file=sys.stderr)
        # Don't fail the script if unblock didn't work though

    wifi_connection += wifi_ip_sections()

    # NetworkManager replaces forward-slashes in SSIDs with asterisks
    name = args.ssid.replace('/', '*')
    write_connection_file(name, wifi_connection)

    return name


def create_mobilebroadband_connection(args):
    name = args.name

    mobilebroadband_connection = mobilebroadband_connection_section(name,
                                                                    args.uuid,
                                                                    args.type)
    mobilebroadband_connection += mobilebroadband_type_section(args.type,
                                                               args.apn,
                                                               args.username,
                                                               args.password,
							       args.pin)

    if args.type == 'cdma':
        mobilebroadband_connection += mobilebroadband_ppp_section()

    mobilebroadband_connection += mobilebroadband_ip_section()
    mobilebroadband_connection += mobilebroadband_serial_section()

    write_connection_file(name, mobilebroadband_connection)
    return name


def main():
    parser = ArgumentParser()
    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help="sub command help")

    wifi_parser = subparsers.add_parser('wifi',
                                        help='Create a Wifi connection.')
    wifi_parser.add_argument('ssid',
                             help="The SSID to connect to.")
    wifi_parser.add_argument('-S', '--security',
                             choices=['wpa', 'wep'],
                             help=("The type of security to be used by the "
                                   "connection. No security will be used if "
                                   "nothing is specified."))
    wifi_parser.add_argument('-K', '--key',
                             help="The encryption key required by the router.")
    wifi_parser.set_defaults(func=create_wifi_connection)

    mobilebroadband_parser = subparsers.add_parser('mobilebroadband',
                                                   help="Create a "
                                                        "mobile "
                                                        "broadband "
                                                        "connection.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('type',
                                        choices=['gsm', 'cdma'],
                                        help="The type of connection.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('-n', '--name',
                                        default='MobileBB',
                                        help="The name of the connection.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('-a', '--apn',
                                        help="The APN to connect to.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('-u', '--username',
                                        help="The username required by the "
                                             "mobile broadband access point.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('-p', '--password',
                                        help="The password required by the "
                                             "mobile broadband access point.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.add_argument('-P', '--pin',
                                        help="The PIN of the SIM "
                                             "card, if set.")
    mobilebroadband_parser.set_defaults(func=create_mobilebroadband_connection)

    parser.add_argument('-U', '--uuid',
                        help="""The uuid to assign to the connection for use by
                                NetworkManager. One will be generated if not
                                specified here.""")
    parser.add_argument('-R', '--retries',
                        help="""The number of times to attempt bringing up the
                                connection until it is confirmed as active.""",
                        default=5)
    parser.add_argument('-I', '--interval',
                        help=("The time to wait between attempts to detect "
                              "the registration of the connection."),
                        default=2)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Call function to create the appropriate connection type
    connection_name = args.func(args)
    # Make sure we don't exit until the connection is fully created
    block_until_created(connection_name, args.retries, args.interval)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()