I wanted a way to run uplink code on my client’s system without them having to install/maintain/understand anything that didn’t look familiar. I decided to create an installable Windows Service based on a gist at https://gist.github.com/guillaumevincent/d8d94a0a44a7ec13def7f96bfb713d3f
import os
import socket
import sys
import anvil.server
import servicemanager
import win32event
import win32service
import win32serviceutil
ANVIL_KEY = os.environ['ANVIL_KEY']
@anvil.server.callable
def hello():
return 'hello world'
class UplinkService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
_svc_name_ = "UplinkService"
_svc_display_name_ = "Uplink Service"
def __init__(self, args):
win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)
socket.setdefaulttimeout(60)
def SvcStop(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)
def SvcDoRun(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING)
rc = None
anvil.server.connect(ANVIL_KEY)
while rc != win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, 5000)
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
servicemanager.Initialize()
servicemanager.PrepareToHostSingle(UplinkService)
servicemanager.StartServiceCtrlDispatcher()
else:
win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(UplinkService)
