querying process load in Python

Question

Is there any portable way for a Python process to query its own system CPU load?

If the "ps" command exists I could run it and parse the results, but that's less than desirable.

Answer 1

you can use psutil:

import os
import psutil

pid = os.getpid()
p = psutil.Process(pid)
pct = p.get_cpu_percent(interval=1.0)
print(pct)