Hi I have a python script I am using to update my Macbooks at work that calls the jamfBinary to display a hud that allows the user to defer updates.
At this time it only presents the hud once with 5 options,
What I want is it to display the prompt again minus the options that preceded it.
So if the input is 5 mins, then in roughly five minutes the hud reappears with
I want them to be able to defer multiple times until the max deferral time period has been reached.
I have attached the script.
I was thinking I could just re-use this section of code however many times I need it to prompt but I am not sure if I am thinking about this correctly as I am not a Python Pro but I have some experience programming in C++.
My apologies. Any guidance is much appreciated.
***This is the code I believe I can reuse to accomplish the hud being prompted, I am just not sure if I am logically approaching this the right way.
At this time it only presents the hud once with 5 options,
- "Start Now",
- "5 minutes",
- "2 hours",
- "4 hours",
- "8 hours".
What I want is it to display the prompt again minus the options that preceded it.
So if the input is 5 mins, then in roughly five minutes the hud reappears with
- "Start Now",
- "2 hours",
- "4 hours",
- "8 hours".
I want them to be able to defer multiple times until the max deferral time period has been reached.
I have attached the script.
I was thinking I could just re-use this section of code however many times I need it to prompt but I am not sure if I am thinking about this correctly as I am not a Python Pro but I have some experience programming in C++.
My apologies. Any guidance is much appreciated.
***This is the code I believe I can reuse to accomplish the hud being prompted, I am just not sure if I am logically approaching this the right way.
def display_prompt(): """Displays prompt to allow user to schedule update installation Args: None Returns: (int) defer_seconds: Number of seconds user wishes to defer policy OR None if an error occurs """ cmd = [JAMFHELPER, '-windowType', 'hud', '-title', GUI_WINDOW_TITLE, '-heading', GUI_HEADING, '-icon', GUI_ICON, '-description', GUI_MESSAGE, '-button1', GUI_BUTTON, '-showDelayOptions', ' '.join(GUI_DEFER_OPTIONS), '-lockHUD'] error_values = ['2', '3', '239', '243', '250', '255'] # Instead of returning an error code to stderr, jamfHelper always returns 0 # and possibly returns an 'error value' to stdout. This makes it somewhat # spotty to check for some deferrment values including 0 for 'Start Now'. # The return value is an integer, so leading zeroes are dropped. Selecting # 'Start Now' should technically return '01'; instead, only '1' is returned # which matches the 'error value' for 'The Jamf Helper was unable to launch' # All we can do is make sure the subprocess doesn't raise an error, then # assume (yikes!) a return value of '1' equates to 'Start Now' try: proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) out, err = proc.communicate() # Check that the return value does not represent an 'error value' if not out in error_values: # Special case for 'Start Now' which returns '1' if out == '1': return 0 else: return int(out[:-1]) else: return None except: # Catch possible CalledProcessError and OSError print "An error occurred when displaying the user prompt." return None