i3-swallow used to swallow a terminal window in i3

i3-swallow.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

#-----------------------------------------------
# used to swallow a terminal window in i3
#
# INSTALL 
# Install python 3 and install i3ipc libary
# pip3 install i3ipc
# download this scrript and put it to your i3 config folder and run

# chmod +x $HOME/.config/i3/i3-swallow.py
# python3 $HOME/.config/i3/i3-swallow.py
#
# You can add this script to your i3 config file.
# exec --no-startup-id python3 $HOME/.config/i3/i3-swallow.py
# reload i3 and try run xclock
#----------------------------------------------------

import i3ipc
import subprocess

swallowDict={}
i3 = i3ipc.Connection()


def hideSwallowParent(node, windowId, swallowId):
    if(str(node.window) == str(windowId)):
        global swallowDict
        i3.command('[con_id=%s] focus' % swallowId)
        i3.command('[con_id=%s] move to scratchpad' % node.id)
        swallowDict[str(swallowId)] = {
            "id": node.id, "layout": node.parent.layout}
        return True
    for node in node.nodes:
        if(hideSwallowParent(node, windowId, swallowId)):
            return True
    return False


def getParentNodePid(node):
    # get parent of pid because terminal spwan shell(zsh or fish) and then spawn that child process
    output = subprocess.getoutput(
        "ps -o ppid= -p $(ps -o ppid= -p $(xprop -id %d _NET_WM_PID | cut -d' ' -f3 ))" % (node.window))
    return output


def getWindowIdfromPId(pid):
    output = subprocess.getoutput("xdotool search -pid %s" % pid)
    return output


def on_new(self, event):
    workspace = i3.get_tree().find_focused().workspace()
    # if we can find parent have pid container map to any node in workspace we will hide it
    parentContainerPid = getParentNodePid(event.container)
    parentContainerWid = getWindowIdfromPId(parentContainerPid)
    for item in workspace.nodes:
        hideSwallowParent(item, parentContainerWid, event.container.id)



def on_close(self, event):
    global swallowDict
    swallow = swallowDict.get(str(event.container.id))
    if swallow != None:
        window = i3.get_tree().find_by_id(swallow["id"])
        if window != None:
            del swallowDict[str(event.container.id)]
            event.container.command(
                '[con_id=%s] scratchpad show;floating disable;focus' % (window.id))
            if swallow['layout'] == 'splitv':
                event.container.command(
                    '[con_id=%s]split vertical' % (window.id))

# Subscribe to events
i3.on("window::new", on_new)
i3.on("window::close",on_close)
i3.main()