From e6098c9b507cde55aeeda9aed62de0d4a7d65cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hector van der Aa <hector@h3cx.dev>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:02:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Initial setup and test

Set up wgctrl library
Simple create device and if it exists list the number of clients
---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 go.mod     | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 go.sum     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 main.go    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 go.mod
 create mode 100644 go.sum
 create mode 100644 main.go

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b90e79..6f2cc2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ go.work.sum
 # env file
 .env
 
+wireguard-api-testing
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b78fdd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module NulTNL/wireguard-api-testing
+
+go 1.25.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20231211153847-12269c276173 // indirect
+	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20241231184526-a9ab2273dd10 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b14b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtLA=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
+github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.3.2 h1:KdrNKe+CTu+IbZnm/GVUMXSqBBLqcGpRDa0xkQy56gw=
+github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.3.2/go.mod h1:tcC3pkCrPUGIKKsCsp0B3AdaaKuHtaxoJRz3cc+528o=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 h1:/UtM3ofJap7Vl4QWCPDGXY8d3GIY2UGSDbK+QWmY8/g=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2/go.mod h1:xraEF7uJbxLhc5fpHL4cPe221LI2bdttWlU+ZGLfQSw=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 h1:VZaqt6RkGkt2OE9l3GcC6nZkqD3xKeQLyfleW/uBcos=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1/go.mod h1:TjPLHI1UgwEv5J1B5q0zTZq12A/6H7nKmtTanQE37IQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 h1:3NQrjDixjgGwUOCaF8w2+VYHv0Ve/vGYSbdkTa98gmQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20231211153847-12269c276173 h1:/jFs0duh4rdb8uIfPMv78iAJGcPKDeqAFnaLBropIC4=
+golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20231211153847-12269c276173/go.mod h1:tkCQ4FQXmpAgYVh++1cq16/dH4QJtmvpRv19DWGAHSA=
+golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20241231184526-a9ab2273dd10 h1:3GDAcqdIg1ozBNLgPy4SLT84nfcBjr6rhGtXYtrkWLU=
+golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20241231184526-a9ab2273dd10/go.mod h1:T97yPqesLiNrOYxkwmhMI0ZIlJDm+p0PMR8eRVeR5tQ=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cae00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	client, _ := wgctrl.New()
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	dev, err := client.Device("wg0")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("get device error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Device %s has %d peers\n", dev.Name, len(dev.Peers))
+}