sudo for Python 3 on Windows

libwindows.py

'''
This file is based on the code from https://github.com/JustAMan/pyWinClobber/blob/master/win32elevate.py

Copyright (c) 2013 by JustAMan at GitHub

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'''

import sys
import subprocess

import ctypes
from ctypes.wintypes import HANDLE, BOOL, DWORD, HWND, HINSTANCE, HKEY
from ctypes import c_ulong, c_char_p, c_int, c_void_p
PHANDLE = ctypes.POINTER(HANDLE)
PDWORD = ctypes.POINTER(DWORD)

CloseHandle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle
CloseHandle.argtypes = (HANDLE, )
CloseHandle.restype = BOOL

TOKEN_READ = 0x20008

class ShellExecuteInfo(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [('cbSize', DWORD),
                ('fMask', c_ulong),
                ('hwnd', HWND),
                ('lpVerb', c_char_p),
                ('lpFile', c_char_p),
                ('lpParameters', c_char_p),
                ('lpDirectory', c_char_p),
                ('nShow', c_int),
                ('hInstApp', HINSTANCE),
                ('lpIDList', c_void_p),
                ('lpClass', c_char_p),
                ('hKeyClass', HKEY),
                ('dwHotKey', DWORD),
                ('hIcon', HANDLE),
                ('hProcess', HANDLE)]
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        ctypes.Structure.__init__(self)
        self.cbSize = ctypes.sizeof(self)
        for field_name, field_value in kw.items():
            setattr(self, field_name, field_value)

PShellExecuteInfo = ctypes.POINTER(ShellExecuteInfo)

ShellExecuteEx = ctypes.windll.Shell32.ShellExecuteExA
ShellExecuteEx.argtypes = (PShellExecuteInfo, )
ShellExecuteEx.restype = BOOL

WaitForSingleObject = ctypes.windll.kernel32.WaitForSingleObject
WaitForSingleObject.argtypes = (HANDLE, DWORD)
WaitForSingleObject.restype = DWORD

# SW_HIDE = 0
SW_SHOW = 5
SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS = 0x00000040
SEE_MASK_NO_CONSOLE = 0x00008000
INFINITE = -1

ELEVATE_MARKER = 'win32elevate_marker_parameter'


def wait_and_close_handle(process_handle):
    '''
    Waits till spawned process finishes and closes the handle for it
    '''
    WaitForSingleObject(process_handle, INFINITE)
    CloseHandle(process_handle)

def sudo(executable, params=None):
    '''
    This will re-run current Python script requesting to elevate administrative rights.
    '''
    if not params:
        params = []

    execute_info = ShellExecuteInfo(
        fMask=SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS | SEE_MASK_NO_CONSOLE,
        hwnd=None,
        lpVerb=b'runas',
        lpFile=executable.encode('utf-8'),
        lpParameters=subprocess.list2cmdline(params).encode('utf-8'),
        lpDirectory=None,
        nShow=SW_SHOW
    )

    if not all(stream.isatty() for stream in (sys.stdin, sys.stdout, sys.stderr)):
        # TODO: Some streams were redirected, we need to manually work them
        raise NotImplementedError("Redirection is not supported")

    if not ShellExecuteEx(ctypes.byref(execute_info)):
        raise ctypes.WinError()

    wait_and_close_handle(execute_info.hProcess)


__all__ = ('sudo')