Utility function to run a Jamf Pro policy

run_jamf_policy.py

# encoding: utf-8


import subprocess


def run_jamf_policy(p):
    """Runs a jamf policy by id or event name"""
    cmd = ['/usr/local/bin/jamf', 'policy']
    if isinstance(p, basestring):
        cmd.extend(['-event', p])
    elif isinstance(p, int):
        cmd.extend(['-id', str(p)])
    else:
        raise TypeError('Policy identifier must be int or str')

    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    (out, err) = proc.communicate()
    # Check for failures that don't affect the return code
    failure_indicators = ['No policies were found',
                          'Script exit code: 1',
                          'not available on the HTTP server',
                          'No such file or directory',
                         ]
    if any(indicator in out for indicator in failure_indicators):
        success = False
    else:
        success = True if proc.returncode == 0 else False
    result_dict = {
        "stdout": out,
        "stderr": err,
        "status": proc.returncode,
        "success": success
    }
    return result_dict