Windows Management Infrastructure API for Python.
Project description
This project provides a Python native module wrapper over the Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) API [1].
Works with Python 2.7 and 3.x on any Windows version which supports the MI API, both x86 and x64.
It includes also a drop-in replacement for the Python WMI [2] module, proving much faster execution times and no dependency on pywin32.
Installation
Pip is the preferred way to install PyMI. Pre-compiled binary wheels are available on Pypi [3]:
pip install PyMI
Usage
This project can be used either with a lower level interface that reflects the underlying MI API structure or with the higher level (and slightly slower) WMI module replacement.
MI module basic usage
Here’s a simple example which enumerates all processes and kills any instance of “KillerRabbitOfCaerbannog.exe”.
import mi
with mi.Application() as a:
with a.create_session(protocol=mi.PROTOCOL_WMIDCOM) as s:
proc_name = u'notepad.exe'
with s.exec_query(
u"root\\cimv2", u"select * from Win32_Process") as q:
i = q.get_next_instance()
while i is not None:
if i[u'name'].lower() == u"KillerRabbitOfCaerbannog.exe":
cls = i.get_class()
# Prepare parameters
params = a.create_method_params(cls, u"Terminate")
# Exit code
params['reason'] = 10
# Invoke method
with s.invoke_method(i, u"Terminate", params) as op:
op.get_next_instance()
i = q.get_next_instance()
WMI module basic usage
And here’s the same example written using the WMI module replacement, which provides a simpler and higher level interface over the mi API:
import wmi
conn = wmi.WMI()
for p in conn.Win32_Process():
if p.Name == u"KillerRabbitOfCaerbannog.exe":
p.Terminate(reason=10)
Build
Open the provided PyMI.sln solution in Visual Studio 2015 [4], choose your target Python version / platform and build. Wheel packages are automatically generated in the dist folder for release builds.
Note: the target Python version must be present. The Python path can be customized by setting the corresponding PythonDir* user macro, e.g. PythonDir_34_x64.
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