Dropbox Restarter

isDropboxRunning.py

"""
Simple Python3 script that checks if your Dropbox Linux desktop client is running, and restarts it if it's stopped.
You may start the script from a systemd unit file, or execute it with another tool on system startup (eg. KDE autostart)
"""

import tkinter
from tkinter import messagebox
import subprocess
import time

sleep_seconds = 30

while True:

    time.sleep(sleep_seconds)
    
    output = subprocess.check_output(['ps', '-A'])

    if "dropbox" not in str(output):

        root = tkinter.Tk()
        root.withdraw()

        answer = messagebox.askyesno("Dropbox has stopped!", "Dropbox service has stopped!\nWould you like to restart it?")
        root.destroy()

        if answer:
            subprocess.call(['dropbox', 'start'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

I wrote this script because my Dropbox client often stopped on my KDE desktop, and I got tired of loosing parts of my work all the time.