decently working showing available network interfaces

networkscanner.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 #include "networkscanner.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
+#include <iwlib.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <sstream>
+
+std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
+    std::array<char, 128> buffer;
+    std::string result;
+    std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&pclose)> pipe(popen(cmd, "r"), pclose);
+    if (!pipe) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
+    }
+    while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr) {
+        result += buffer.data();
+    }
+    return result;
+}
 
 QList<Network> NetworkScanner::scanForNetworks()
 {
@@ -11,5 +28,20 @@ QList<Network> NetworkScanner::scanForNetworks()
     Network example1 = Network("Gita 2.4Ghz");
     networks.append(example1);
 
+    std::string result = exec("nmcli -t -f ssid dev wifi");
+
+    std::vector<std::string> ssids;
+    std::istringstream iss(result);
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(iss, line)) {
+        ssids.push_back(line);
+    }
+
+    for (const std::string &ssid : ssids) {
+        std::cout << ssid << std::endl;
+        Network newNetwork = Network(ssid.c_str());
+        networks.append(newNetwork);
+    }
+
     return networks;
 }