action_status.py

import sys
from collections import defaultdict

import rospy
from actionlib_msgs.msg import GoalID, GoalStatus, GoalStatusArray


statuses = defaultdict(list)
status_strs = [
    'PENDING',
    'ACTIVE',
    'PREEMPTED',
    'SUCCEEDED',
    'ABORTED',
    'REJECTED',
    'PREEMPTING',
    'RECALLING',
    'RECALLED',
    'LOST',
]



def cb(msg):
    for status in msg.status_list:
        print status.goal_id.id, status_strs[status.status]


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print 'pass action name as arg'
        sys.exit(1)

    rospy.init_node('action_status', anonymous=True)

    status_topic = '/{}/status'.format(sys.argv[1].lstrip('/'))

    sub = rospy.Subscriber(status_topic, GoalStatusArray, cb, queue_size=1)
    rospy.spin()