Watcher on Python ( with voice )

In Today`s world we are currently getting engaged in lost of automation and AI environment whether it is an mobile app or workstations. So in the same context i am sharing Watcher method based on python lang. which can help you get voice notification with email on a change/updation of data with background activity.

Watcher is term used in guard level for keeping eye on some movement and here it doing same thing on folders /share drive/website or any thing that you relate with your creative mind.

Let`s jump on the uses/advantages:

• we can align and run the script in background with almost 0 % CPU utilisation which can allow you work on different application without any hanging issue.
• it will keep an eye on located section so whenever data is created or modified you will get to know by notification.
• It uses email and voice method to inform the user.
• You can still write code and run as this script will be running in background which make it more powerful as compared to VBA/Excel/Access macro. 

Code:

import time
import pythoncom
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
import win32com.client as win32
import win32com.client
speaker = win32com.client.Dispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")
pythoncom.CoInitialize()
mail = outlook.CreateItem(0)


class Watcher:
    DIRECTORY_TO_WATCH = "folder /share point path "

    def __init__(self):
        self.observer = Observer()

    def run(self):
        event_handler = Handler()
        self.observer.schedule(event_handler, self.DIRECTORY_TO_WATCH, recursive=True)
        self.observer.start()
        try:
            while True:
                time.sleep(5)
        except:
            self.observer.stop()
            print ("Error")

        self.observer.join()


class Handler(FileSystemEventHandler):

    @staticmethod
    def on_any_event(event):
        if event.is_directory:
            return None

        elif event.event_type == 'created':
            # Take any action here when a file is first created.
            print ("Received created event - %s." % event.src_path)
            pythoncom.CoInitialize()
            speaker.Speak("Hello, it works!")
            outlook = win32.Dispatch('outlook.application')
            mail = outlook.CreateItem(0)
            mail.To = 'your email id '
            mail.Subject = "New file updated" + event.src_path
            mail.Body = "text you may like to add"
            mail.Send()
                 


        elif event.event_type == 'modified':
            # Taken any action here when a file is modified.
            print ("Received modified event - %s." % event.src_path)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    w = Watcher()
    w.run()

How to use:

1.  copy and paste the code on notepad and save as "program_name.py"
2. create a batch script to run this application on dos directly
3. save this batch file in you computer startup folder.

Thanks,

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Rohit
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