run.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys

from workflow import Workflow3
from workflow.background import is_running, run_in_background

import os


def string_from_count(c):
	"""Returns a fancy string to show in the workflow from the count item"""

	blue  = "\\U0001F535\\U0000FE0F"
	white = "\\U000026AA\\U0000FE0F"
	black = "\\U000026AB\\U0000FE0F"

	ret = black + black + black + black + black + white + black + black + black + black + black

	mod = 2 * (5 - (c % 5))

	return ret.decode('unicode_escape')[mod:][0:10]


def main(wf):

	#Check if first time
	try:
		count = int(os.environ['count'])
		first_time = False
	except:
		count = 0
		first_time = True
	

	if first_time:

		wf.rerun = 0.5
		wf.add_item('Starting background process')
		run_in_background('bg', ['/usr/bin/python', wf.workflowfile('bg.py')])

	else:

		if is_running('bg'):
			"""Update status"""
			wf.rerun = 0.5
			wf.add_item("Background process is running",string_from_count(count))

			count += 1
		else:
			"""Last case"""
			data = wf.stored_data('bg_result')
			
			wf.add_item("Process Finished","Result: " + data, icon="Checkmark.png")


	wf.setvar('count',count)

	wf.send_feedback()


if __name__ == '__main__':
	wf = Workflow3()
	log = wf.logger
	sys.exit(wf.run(main))