Read python output with php server

Question

I was working on this simple python script that constantly checks if the charger is connected to the computer and creates a peep sound when the charger is removed from the computer (Sort of anti-theft) and enables system volume if it is disabled with nircmd command.

I was looking for a way of sending this information to PHP server and reading it from there online. Would anyone be able to tell me how to send the output from the client-side to the server-side? Thank you so much in advance and here is the code

import os
import ctypes
import time
from ctypes import wintypes
import winsound
import socket
class SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS(ctypes.Structure):
 _fields_ = [
 ('ACLineStatus', wintypes.BYTE),
 ('BatteryFlag', wintypes.BYTE),
 ('BatteryLifePercent', wintypes.BYTE),
 ('BatteryLifeTime', wintypes.DWORD),
 ('BatteryFullLifeTime', wintypes.DWORD),
 ]
print(socket.gethostname())
SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_P = ctypes.POINTER(SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS)
GetSystemPowerStatus = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetSystemPowerStatus
GetSystemPowerStatus.argtypes = [SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_P]
GetSystemPowerStatus.restype = wintypes.BOOL
status = SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS()
while True: 
 if not GetSystemPowerStatus(ctypes.pointer(status)):
 raise ctypes.WinError()
 if(status.ACLineStatus==1):
 print('Charger Connected: ', "YES")
 elif(status.ACLineStatus==0):
 print('Charger Connected: ', "NO")
 winsound.Beep(2000,1000)
 if(status.BatteryFlag==-128):
 print('Battery removed: ', "Yes")
 winsound.Beep(2000,1000)
 time.sleep(1)
 if(status.ACLineStatus==0):
 cmd = 'nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 0 && nircmd.exe setsysvolume 65535'
 os.system(cmd)

• Professor Abronsius: use a socket connection ?? realpython.com/python-sockets

Answer 1

you can send data with python

import json
import urllib2
data = //any data
req = urllib2.Request('http://your php server address')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
response = urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(data))

and get data with php like this

$req = file_get_contents('php://input');
$arr = json_decode($req);

• Monolica: urllib2 is not a library that comes with python because when I try to install it with <br> python -m pip install urllib2. it displays an error [cant find a version that satisfies requirement]
• Ali Ghalambaz: is a lib that you can add it!
• Monolica: can you explain the code? like how do you read if the charger is connected from the php-server side?
• Ali Ghalambaz: in php code every request will get and save in $req variable and if data was json will convert to a class that can be used by php
• Monolica: ok, then how would you display if the charger is connected or not in php side?

Answer 2

I can't comment but I have a suggestion that would possibly achieve this. If you put your Python functionality within an API to return the value, then PHP can make curl requests to get that value. If you do this, I'd suggest running your Python code to store the result in a database and the endpoint returns that value.