I'm trying to activate CLI-based script using a python script
import random
print "This code is running"
x = random.choice(range(10))
print "The number random is: {}".format(x)
y = input("Please enter number...\n")
print "Your number: {:>3}".format(y)
print "My number: {:>3}".format(x)
print "Are they the same? {}".format(x == y)
And i used this simple example
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from time import sleep
# run the shell as a subprocess:
p = Popen(['python', 'example_script.py'],
stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=False)
def read_cli(p):
sleep(0.1)
msg = ''
while True:
t = p.stdout.read()
if not t:
break
else:
msg += '{}\n'.format(t)
sleep(0.1)
return msg
def write_cli(p, msg):
sleep(0.1)
p.stdin.write('13\n')
sleep(0.1)
# get the output
m = read_cli(p)
print m
# Send answer
write_cli(p, 13)
# Get feedback
m = read_cli(p)
print m
But it's stuck in the first "read_cli", in the first "p.stdout.read()", it doesn't enter the next "if".
strangely, if i write first and then read - it's OK. but it doesn't help me because i need the text first.
How can i read the text first and provide the answer? does this solution work for several interactions? (question from client, answer, new question, new answer)
thx
