Python get output from PowerShell command

super_awesome.py

import subprocess
from subprocess import PIPE
from threading import Thread
try:
    from queue import Queue, Empty
except:
    from Queue import Queue, Empty

# This creates a queue object and a function to put properly formatted stuff in it
q = Queue()
def enqueueOutput(out, queue):
    for line in iter(out.readline, b''):
        queue.put(line.decode("utf-8"))
    out.close()

# This creates a powershell subprocess
ps = subprocess.Popen(['powershell'], stdin=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)

# This creates a thread responsible for taking the output from the powershell process and putting it in a queue
ps_thread = Thread(target=enqueueOutput, args=(ps.stdout, q))
ps_thread.daemon = True
ps_thread.start()

# Extremely hacky awesome thing that is awesome
def runOutputUntilDone(process, cmd, timeout=20, queue=q, done_message='done'):
    res = []
    process.stdin.write((cmd+';Write-Host '+done_message+'\n').encode('utf-8'))
    process.stdin.flush()
    #FIXME : Sometimes causes an error if powershell decides to not respond
    queue.get(timeout=timeout) # This is to get rid of the line that automatically comes when entering stuff in powershell.
    try:
        current_line = queue.get(timeout=timeout)
        while current_line:
            if current_line.strip() == done_message:
                return res
            print("Output from PowerShell process: " + current_line.strip()) # This is for debugging purposes
            res.append(current_line)
            current_line = q.get(timeout=timeout)
    except Empty:
        return res

# This starts the powershell process, command sent to it really doesn't matter, it just needs to have something sent to stdin to start
runOutputUntilDone(process=ps, cmd="Write-Host Booting up...", timeout=5, queue=q, done_message="done")

# Do whatever from here, below line is an example
print(runOutputUntilDone(process=ps, cmd="Write-Host Hello World!", timeout=5, queue=q, done_message="done"))