send email when script stops at error or finishes

Remember Sikulix is a framework for scripting visual interfaces rather than APIs. So rather than trying to use something like smtplib (which doesn't seem to work anyway) why not choose a GUI mail interface eg Outlook? Keep Outlook/GMail/whatever open and get that to send emails for you..

Mike Thanks! This makes sense to use Outlook or Gmail.

However, I want to send a message to warn my work is finished or there is a problem that Sikuli crashes.
I am expecting to see any case that a Sikuli script fails, not limited to a specific error that is linked to a certain line of code.

In that way, the message sending command is not in the specific script I run, but in the Sikuli setup.
or
 I have two Sikuli scripts will run in a queue? The first one is doing the jobs I want to monitor. The second is initiated by the finish or the fail of the first script and sending a message by calling an email GUI

Is it possible to do that?
Thanks!

I've not done this personally.

You can read about RobotFramework here:

sikulix-2014.readthedocs.io/en/latest/scenarios.html

Command line switches which might help you capture error messages are described here:

https://sikulix-2014.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq/010-command-line.html

if you run your script from command line, you can play with the exit code.

Another option:
https://sikulix-2014.readthedocs.io/en/latest/scripting.html#running-scripts-and-snippets-from-within-other-scripts-and-run-scripts-one-after-the-other

I think I get the idea to nest a script inside another script. if the nested script fails, it is possible not to halt the host script, but continue.
I create a test code. Please see below:
try:
    runScript("./test2.sikuli")
except:
    print("sikuli crashes")

I can run the code if all of the targets in test2.sikuli are visible.

Then I block one of the targets to deliberately disrupt the try part of the script. The script is terminated immediately.
I try to add an exit() parameter to the runScript() code line. now it is like this: runScript("./test2.sikuli",exit(1)). Now it just run the except clause.

I think I just don't know how to make it work in an expected way. Could anyone help?
Thanks a lot!

--- runScript("./test2.sikuli",exit(1)).
not valid and hence excepts ;-)

try:
    runScript("./test2.sikuli")
    exit(0) # processed if run ok
except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1) # processed if crashed

Hi, RailMan,

I try your code as below:
____________________
try:
    runScript("./testClick.sikuli")
    exit(0) # processed if run ok

except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1)
___________________
testClick.sikuli has code as below:
click(find("1552251843198.png"))
print("find it")
_______________________
when the target image is visible, the result message is
"
find it
sikuli crashes
[info] Exit code: 1
"
When the target images is blocked, the result message is
"
....FindFailed...
sikuli crashes"
[info] Exit code: 1
 ".

Why it always run the except clause no matter that the script in "try" section can finish or not.
Thanks a lot!
-Bocheng

No idea, why, but exit() in the try block leads to the processing of the except block.

so do it this way:

try:
    runScript("./testClick.sikuli")

except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1)

exit(0) # only processed if run ok

Hi, RailMan,
I just try it. It doesn't work.
Let me summarize:
[1]if like this:
++++++++++++++++++++++
try:
    runScript("./click.sikuli")
    exit(0)
except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1)
++++++++++++++++++++++
then it always run the except clauses no matter the testClick script works or not.

[2]if like this:
++++++++++++++++++++++
try:
    runScript("./click.sikuli")

except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1)
exit(0)
+++++++++++++++++++++
then it always report "Exit code 0", never run the except clauses no matter the testClick script works or not.

[3] if like this
++++++++++++++++++++++
try:
    runScript("./click.sikuli")

except:
    print("sikuli crashes")
    exit(1)
+++++++++++++++++++++++
then it never report Exit code, never run the except clauses no matter the testClick script works or not.

Thanks!

I am sorry, for misleading you.
I now finally tried myself and had a look into the implementation.

This is what currently works in your sense:

exitValue = runScript(whatever)
if exitValue == 1:
    print "there was an exception"
    exit(1)
else:
    print "ran with success"
    exit(exitValue)

Your whatever-script should not terminate with exit(1), since this is "reserved" for signaling an exception during runScript (which should be shown as [error] messages)

In the outside world (command line) you can deal now with the returned value.

I added a note to the docs

It works! Thank you so much! RaiMan.