Record audio and copy it to clipboard

main.py

#!/bin/python3

import os, subprocess

source  = 'alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo' # Got this from pw-cli
path    = '/tmp/record.wav'
timeout = 60
trim    = '00.500'

record_cmd = f'timeout {timeout} parecord --channels=1 -d {source} {path}'
play_cmd   = f'mpv {path}'

# This -t text/uri-list is our way to specify which target this data is going to
copy_cmd  = f'echo file://{path} | xclip -selection c -t text/uri-list'
find_cmd = f'''ps -aux | grep {path} | grep timeout | grep parecord'''

notify_cmd = f'notify-send Recording done!'

def start():
    os.system(record_cmd)

def end(pid):
    os.system(f'kill {pid}')
    os.system(f'ffmpeg -y -i {path} -ss 00:00:{trim} -c copy {path}')
    os.system(copy_cmd)
    os.system(notify_cmd)

def getpid():
    #output = subprocess.check_output(find_cmd, shell=True).decode('utf-8')
    p = subprocess.Popen(find_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

    cur_pid = p.pid
    out, err = p.communicate()
    output = out.decode('utf-8')

    print(output)

    pid = output.split()[1]
    #cur_pid = os.getpid()

    print(pid, cur_pid)
    if int(pid) != cur_pid:
        return pid
    else:
        return None

pid = getpid()

if pid == None:
    start()
else:
    end(pid)