add start stop joplin client terminal

code/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python
+FROM python:3.9-alpine as compile-image
+# Install pip requirements
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN apk add --virtual .build-deps gcc libffi-dev musl-dev
+RUN pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+
+
+
+FROM python:3.9-alpine
+
+# add nginx
+EXPOSE 80
+RUN apk add --no-cache nginx
+RUN adduser -D -g 'www' www
+RUN mkdir /www
+RUN chown -R www:www /var/lib/nginx
+RUN chown -R www:www /www
+RUN mv /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.orig
+COPY settings/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+
+# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+COPY --from=compile-image /root/.local /root/.local
+ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app
+
+# Creates a non-root user with an explicit UID and adds permission to access the /app folder
+# For more info, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-configure-containers
+#RUN adduser -u 5678 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
+#USER appuser
+
+# During debugging, this entry point will be overridden. For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-debug
+RUN chmod +x /app/runserver.sh
+CMD ["/bin/sh", "/app/runserver.sh"]

code/joplin_utils.nim

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # joplin_utils : procedure related joplin application 
 #
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+import os
 import net
 import times
 import osproc
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ import httpcore
 import strutils
 import strformat
 import std/options
+import std/httpclient
+import std/asyncdispatch
+
 from os import sleep
-import std/[asyncdispatch, httpclient]
+from posix import read, write, fdatasync, close
 
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
 # TYPE : Setup joplin_ping data
@@ -56,6 +60,15 @@ type
     latitude*, longitude*, altitude*, order*:seq[float] 
     req*: Request
 
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+# TYPE : Setup process data structure
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+type
+  program* = object
+    pid*: int
+    stdout*: string
+    stderr*: string
+
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
 # DURATION : duration variables
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
@@ -281,20 +294,35 @@ proc get_joplin_cli_token*(): string =
   
   return flagValue
 
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+# PROC : launch any program and get PID
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+proc launchProgram(app:string = "", workingPath:string = "", arguments:array[2, string]):int {.thread.} =
+    
+    var p = startProcess(joinPath(workingPath,app), workingPath, arguments)
+    let pid = p.processID()
+    var outhdl = outputHandle(p)
+    var inputhdl = inputHandle(p)
+    var errhdl = errorHandle(p)
+    return pid
 
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
-# PROC : start Joplin Terminal
+# PROC : Start joplin cli
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
-proc joplin_cli_start*(): bool =
-  var rc = false
-  var result = execCmdEx("joplin server start &")
+proc joplin_cli_start*():int {.thread.} =
+    
+    let joplinProcessId = launchProgram("joplin","/usr/bin/",["server","start"])
+    return joplinProcessId
+
+
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+# PROC : stop Joplin Terminal
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+proc joplin_cli_stop*():int {.thread.} =
+    let joplinProcessId = launchProgram("joplin","/usr/bin/",["server","stop"])
+    return joplinProcessId
+
 
-  if result.exitCode == 0:
-      # echo result.output
-      rc = true
-  else:
-      rc = false   
-  return rc
 
 
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
@@ -305,26 +333,49 @@ proc joplin_cli_status*(): bool =
   var result = execCmdEx("joplin server status")
 
   if result.exitCode == 0:
-      # echo result.output
-      rc = true
+    if "Server is not running" in result.output :
+        echo "Joplin Terminal cli status is down : ", result.output
+        rc = false
+    else:
+        echo "Joplin Terminal cli status is up : ", result.output
+        rc = true         
   else:
-      rc = false   
+        echo "Error validate joplin terminal status : ", result.output
   return rc
 
 
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+# PROC : start Joplin Terminal
+# --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
+# proc joplin_cli_start*(): bool =
+#   var rc = false
+#   startProcess("joplin","/usr/bin", @["server", "start"])
+#   #var result = execCmdEx("ls -l /usr/bin/joplin")
+
+#   if joplin_cli_status() == true:
+#       echo "Joplin Terminal started successfully : ",result.output
+#       rc = true
+#   else:
+#       echo "Joplin Terminal didn't start : ",result.output
+#       rc = false   
+#   return rc
+
+
+
+
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
 # PROC : stop Joplin Terminal
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #
-proc joplin_cli_stop*(): bool =
-  var rc = false
-  var result = execCmdEx("joplin server stop")
+# proc joplin_cli_stop*(): bool =
+#   var rc = false
+#   var result = execCmdEx("joplin server stop")
 
-  if result.exitCode == 0:
-      # echo result.output
-      rc = true
-  else:
-      rc = false   
-  return rc
+#   if result.exitCode == 0:
+#       # echo result.output
+#       rc = true
+#   else:
+#       rc = false   
+#   return rc
 
 
 # --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- #