RunCustomTriggerList.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3


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# General Information
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#	Script created By William Grzybowski December 15, 2020
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#	Version 1.0	- Initial Creation of Script.
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#	This script was built to run a comma seperated list of custom triggers from
#	JAMF VAriable $4.
#	
#	This allowes you to reuse policies with custom triggers but not have to maintain
#	more than one policy.
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# License information
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#	Copyright (c) 2020 William Grzybowski
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#	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
#	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
#	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
#	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
#	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
#	furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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#	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
#	copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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#	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
#	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
#	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
#	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
#	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
#	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
#	SOFTWARE.
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# Imports
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import time, sys, subprocess


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# Variables
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# Get Custom Events Name from User interface. JAMF variable $4
myPolicyToRun = sys.argv[4]

# Make Custom Events into a list for the for loop
myPolicyToRunList = myPolicyToRun.split(", ")


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# Core Script
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# Run the policies for each Custom Events.
for x in myPolicyToRunList:
	customEvent = (x)
	
	sys.stderr.write("\nNow running custom event: " + customEvent + "\n")
	subprocess.call(['/usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf', 'policy', '-event', customEvent])
	
	time.sleep(5)