Creates systemd service for python scripts. Only tested for Ubuntu 16.04

systemd_creator.py

import sys
import subprocess

# SystemD service creator

## Creates a systemd service file and moves it to the appropriate location and enables it

system_service = """[Unit]
Description={description}
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory={working_dir}
ExecStart={python_path} {executable_path}
User={run_as}
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
"""
system_path = "/etc/systemd/system/"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    project_name = input("Enter Project Name:")
    project_description = input("Enter Project Description:")
    project_path = input("Enter Project Path:")
    main_file = input("Enter Main File:")
    python_path = sys.executable
    user_name = input("Enter User to run as:")
    service_file_name = "{}.service".format(project_name)

    with open(service_file_name, "w+") as service_file:
        service_file.writelines(
            system_service.format(description=project_description, working_dir=project_path, python_path=python_path,
                                  executable_path=main_file, run_as=user_name))

    try:
        print("moving service to {}".format(system_path))
        subprocess.call(["sudo", 'cp', service_file_name, system_path])
        print("Registering service")
        subprocess.call(["sudo", "systemctl", "daemon-reload"])
        print("Service registered")
        print("Starting service")
        subprocess.call(["sudo", "systemctl", "start", project_name])
        print("Enabling service on boot")
        subprocess.call(["sudo", "systemctl", "enable", project_name])
    except:
        pass