windows_service_installer.py

### Run Python scripts as a service example (ryrobes.com)
### Usage : python aservice.py install (or / then start, stop, remove)

import win32service
import win32serviceutil
import win32api
import win32con
import win32event
import win32evtlogutil
import os, sys, string, time

class aservice(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):

   _svc_name_ = "pyCraftr"
   _svc_display_name_ = "pyCraftr Server Service"
   _svc_description_ = "Enables world_server.py to run as a service for pyCraftr in Windows."

   def __init__(self, args):
           win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
           self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)

   def SvcStop(self):
           self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
           win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)

   def SvcDoRun(self):
      import servicemanager
      servicemanager.LogMsg(servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,(self._svc_name_, ''))

      #self.timeout = 640000    #640 seconds / 10 minutes (value is in milliseconds)
      self.timeout = 120000     #120 seconds / 2 minutes
      # This is how long the service will wait to run / refresh itself (see script below)

      while 1:
         # Wait for service stop signal, if I timeout, loop again
         rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, self.timeout)
         # Check to see if self.hWaitStop happened
         if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
            # Stop signal encountered
            servicemanager.LogInfoMsg("pyCraftr server.py - STOPPED!")  #For Event Log
            break
         else:

                 #Ok, here's the real money shot right here.
                 #[actual service code between rests]
                 try:
                     file_path = "C:\Users\Brad\Documents\GitHub\Minecraft\server.bat 01234567890"
                     execfile(file_path)             #Execute the script

                    # inc_file_path2 = "C:\whereever\MORE_REAL_py_work_to_be_done.py"
                    # execfile(inc_file_path2)        #Execute the script
                 except:
                     pass
                 #[actual service code between rests]


def ctrlHandler(ctrlType):
   return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
   win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ctrlHandler, True)
   win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(aservice)

# Done! Lets go out and get some dinner, bitches!