VIT-AP Campus Wifi Automation

(Automate the Boring Stuff with Python)

A python script to automate the wifi login for VIT-AP's campus's wifi. (works in MH-5 too for now)

Features

1. Login and Logout from the wifi seamlessly without having to go through the captive portal.
2. Automate the same for a list of credentials by using a csv file. (wifi.csv)
3. Headless Mode -> Enables auto re-login by detecting session expiry. (Requires you to run the script in the background)

Requirements

• python 3.x (duh)

Installation

Note: if you are going to copy paste the commands, dont copy the $ symbol, it is just a convention. (Have to include these nowadays)

1. Clone this repository.
2. $ cd wifi_login_script

Usage

campus_wifi.py [-h | --help]
campus_wifi_csv.py [-h | --help]

A command line utility to login and logout from VITAP's Campus Wifi

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --login     attempt login
  --logout    attempt logout
  --auto      auto re-login on session expiry

Examples

Note: If you're on linux, you might want to use python3 instead of python in these examples.

$ python campus_wifi.py #Interactive Mode
$ python campus_wifi.py --login #Directly login to the wifi.
$ python campus_wifi.py --logout #Directly logout from the wifi.
$ python campus_wifi.py --auto #Headless mode; auto login when required and manages session expiry events.

$ python campus_wifi_csv.py #Interactive Mode
$ python campus_wifi_csv.py --login #Directly login using the wifi.csv file.
$ python campus_wifi_csv.py --logout #Directly logout from the wifi.
$ python campus_wifi_csv.py --auto #Headless mode; auto login when required and manages session expiry events.

Help Section

If you use campus_wifi.py for logging in, then you need to set your username and password in the config.json file.

Note: The endpoints defined in the config.json file are the default endpoints for the hostel and campus wifi. If the endpoints are changed, you should be smart enough to figure it out can find the new endpoints by inspecting the network requests in the browser's developer tools.

If you use the campus_wifi_csv.py for logging in, then you need to create a wifi.csv file containing the credentials that you want the script to use for logging in.

Example for wifi.csv file:

username1, password1
username2, password2
username3, password3