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Service Builder Example

This example shows how to use the ServiceBuilder to create unit file [Service] section.

service_builder.py
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from systemd_py import ServiceBuilder


def main():
    builder = ServiceBuilder()
    builder.with_type("simple")
    builder.with_exec_start(["/usr/bin/python3", "-m", "http.server", "8000"])
    builder.with_exec_stop(["/usr/bin/kill", "$MAINPID"])
    builder.with_restart("on-failure")

    section = builder.build()

    print(section)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
output
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[Service]
Type='simple'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/python3 -m http.server 8000'
ExecStop='/usr/bin/kill $MAINPID'
Restart='on-failure'