Run python script upon connection to wifi

Question

I'm trying to find a way to run a script in python that "listens" to wifi connection status and will execute a certain function that I made when the computer gets connected to wifi.

The function will connect to a server socket and send some information to it.

Does anyone have any idea how to implement this?

Thanks!

What operating system(s) do you want to support? – Robᵩ Nov 20 '15 at 15:06 — Robᵩ, Nov 20 '15 at 15:06
windows , I'm working on windows 7 – Shawn Nov 22 '15 at 18:45 — Shawn, Nov 22 '15 at 18:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

Checking the wifi connection status can be handled in a few ways (see here for some options). You can then poll that with a structure along the lines of:

while not done:
    if is_interface_up(interface):
       do_the_thing(interface)
    time.sleep(0.1)

If this is a more substantial application you might want to do this with an event driven architecture instead of a while loop---something along the lines of Twisted.

Run python script upon connection to wifi

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