Start stop service and shutdown through python script
html, python, raspberry-pi
Solution
I see that the indentation is way off. If that was not a typo, please indent as below:
elif action == "shutdown":
print "Attempting to shut down"
call(["sudo", "shutdown", "-h", "now"])
elif action == "startstream":
import os
os.system("sudo service motion start")
elif action == "stopstream":
import os
os.system("sudo service motion stop" )
In case this was not the issue, sorry I am not sure.
Problem
First of all I am totally noob here , please excuse me If this is a stupid question or broke some netiquette rule.This is my fiorst attempt in unix/programming world I am trying to make a webcam robot raspberry based. I would like to control it through a web page / python script. I am trying to follow this tutorial http://blog.ramon.no/2013/06/build-simple-internet-controlled-webcam.html I setup raspberry with motion instead of mjpeg-streamer for streaming on the web page.Now I am trying to stop start stream and shutdown raspberry from the web page. This is what I came after reading around the forum but it doesn't work . I managed to shut down raspberry three time in a row but the I changed something and now I can't do it anymore ``` elif action == "shutdown": print "Attempting to shut down" call(["sudo", "shutdown", "-h", "now"]) elif action == "startstream": import os os.system("sudo service motion start") elif action == "stopstream": import os os.system("sudo service motion stop" ) ``` If I push start / stop stream nothing happen if I push shut down I receive a 500 error I granted user right to www ``` sudo nano /etc/sudoers www-data ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL ``` made script exec ``` chmod +x rambot.py ``` this is apache error log ``` [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:38 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:39 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File does not exist: /var/www/css, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:37:41 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:18 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File does not exist: /var/www/css, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] : , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:19 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] elif action == "stopstream":, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ^, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] SyntaxError: invalid syntax, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:38:59 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] Premature end of script headers: rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] File ", referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/rambot.py, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] ", line , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] 87, referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ [Tue Feb 24 09:39:01 2015] [error] [client 192.168.0.5] , referer: http://192.168.0.10:8083/ ```