README.md

dmidecode

dmidecode is a Go library that parses the output of the dmidecode command and makes it accessible via a simple map data structure.

In addition, the library exposes a couple of convenience methods for quicker record lookups.

Usage

import (
    dmidecode "github.com/dselans/dmidecode"
)

dmi := dmidecode.New()

if err := dmi.Run(); err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Unable to get dmidecode information. Error: %v\n", err)
}

// You can search by record name
byNameData, byNameErr := dmi.SearchByName("System Information")

// or you can also search by record type
byTypeData, byTypeErr := dmi.SearchByType(1)

// or you can just access the data directly
for handle, record := range dmi.Data {
    fmt.Println("Checking record:", handle)
    for k, v := range record {
        fmt.Printf("Key: %v Val: %v\n", k, v)
    }
}

Note

Record elements which contain an array/list, are stored as strings separated by 2 tabs (same as in dmidecode output). This may change in the future, but for the time being it's simple and quick.

Note that dmidecode requires root privs to run as the binary reads /dev/mem.