Feature Request: Screensaver-Based Automated Testing

[sl5net]

Maybe want:

1. Detect Inactivity: Automatically detect when the mouse and keyboard have been idle for a specified period (e.g., 3 minutes).
2. Start Testing: When inactivity is detected, start the automated testing process (which involves running pyautogui on the host).
3. Pause Testing on Activity: Immediately pause the testing process if any mouse or keyboard activity is detected.
4. Log Results: Log the results of the tests to a file.
5. Provide Audio Feedback: Use espeak-ng to provide audio feedback on the status of the tests.
6. Run pyautogui on the Host: Run the pyautogui script directly on the host machine (instead of inside the Docker container).

Here's a possible approach to achieve this:

1. Detect Inactivity (Host - Linux Specific):

You can use xprintidle command to detect inactivity. You may need to install it first

sudo apt-get install xprintidle

or

sudo pacman -S xprintidle

Then you can check the inactivity

xprintidle

This command will print the time, in milliseconds, that the system has been idle.

2. Main Script on the Host:

#!/bin/bash

# Settings
IDLE_TIME=180000    # 3 minutes in milliseconds (3 * 60 * 1000)
LOG_FILE="$HOME/test_results.log"
PY_SCRIPT="$HOME/path/to/your/script.py" #Set your right path here
SPEAK_CMD="espeak-ng"  # Assuming espeak-ng is in your PATH

# Function to speak a message
speak() {
    $SPEAK_CMD "$1" &
}

# Start with a clean log file
> "$LOG_FILE"

# Function to run the tests
run_tests() {
    speak "Starting automated tests"
    echo "Starting tests at $(date)" >> "$LOG_FILE"

    # Run your python script and append output
    python3 "$PY_SCRIPT" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1

    TEST_EXIT_CODE=$?
    if [ $TEST_EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
        speak "Automated tests completed successfully"
        echo "Tests completed successfully at $(date)" >> "$LOG_FILE"
    else
        speak "Automated tests failed with code $TEST_EXIT_CODE"
        echo "Tests failed with code $TEST_EXIT_CODE at $(date)" >> "$LOG_FILE"
    fi
    speak "Stopping automated tests"
}

# Main loop
while true; do
    idle_time=$(xprintidle)
    if [ "$idle_time" -gt "$IDLE_TIME" ]; then
        run_tests
        # Sleep for sometime to avoid constantly triggering the tests.
        sleep 60 
    fi
    sleep 10 # Check for idle every 10 seconds.
done

• It uses a loop to constantly check the idle time using xprintidle.
• If the idle time exceeds the specified threshold (IDLE_TIME), it runs the test suite.
• It logs the output and exit code of the test suite to a log file.
• It uses espeak-ng to provide audio feedback.
• All configuration is in the first 4 lines, change the paths there
• To stop, use ctrl + c (and improve this with better method)

Remember that it does NOT pause the tests as you asked. Since the sleep command makes it work correctly I dont see how a pause command should improve it, you may want to run all the test