start-wait-test-stop.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import argparse
import os
import signal
import subprocess
import urllib2

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--start', required=True)
parser.add_argument('--wait', required=True)
parser.add_argument('--test', required=True)
args = parser.parse_args()
start = args.start
wait = args.wait
test = args.test

# Start
startProcess = subprocess.Popen(start, shell=True)
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda signum, frame: os.kill(startProcess.pid, signum))
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda signum, frame: os.kill(startProcess.pid, signum))

# Wait
while True:
    try:
        urllib2.urlopen(wait)
        break
    except:
        pass

try:
    # Test
    subprocess.check_call(test, shell=True)
finally:
    # Stop
    os.kill(startProcess.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
    startProcess.kill()
    startProcess.communicate()