https://github.com/torfsen/service

Easy implementation of Unix background services in Python
https://github.com/torfsen/service

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Easy implementation of Unix background services in Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/torfsen/service
• Owner: torfsen
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-01-09T14:13:20.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-08T05:02:27.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-26T04:32:25.953Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://python-service.readthedocs.org
• Size: 94.7 KB
• Stars: 57
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Python background services made easy

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.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/torfsen/service.svg?branch=master

   :target: https://travis-ci.org/torfsen/service

The Python ``service`` package makes it easy to write Unix *services*, i.e.

background processes ("daemons") that are controlled by a foreground

application (e.g. a console script)::

    from service import Service

    class MyService(Service):

        def run(self):

            while True:

                do_work()

    if __name__ == '__main__':

        import sys

        if len(sys.argv) != 2:

            sys.exit('Syntax: %s COMMAND' % sys.argv[0])

        cmd = sys.argv[1].lower()

        service = MyService('my_service', pid_dir='/tmp')

        if cmd == 'start':

            service.start()

        elif cmd == 'stop':

            service.stop()

        elif cmd == 'status':

            if service.is_running():

                print "Service is running."

            else:

                print "Service is not running."

        else:

            sys.exit('Unknown command "%s".' % cmd)

For details, please see the documentation_.

.. _documentation: http://python-service.readthedocs.org/

Installation

============

Installation is easy via pip_::

    pip install service

.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/index.html