Use Python to Access Battery Status in Ubuntu

Question

I am trying to come out with a small python script to monitor the battery state of my ubuntu laptop and sound alerts if it's not charging as well as do other stuff (such as suspend etc). I really don't know where to start, and would like to know if there is any library for python i can use. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

I believe you can find the information you are looking for in

/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0

Answer 2

Here I found a solution that might be helpful for you too. http://mantoshkumar1.blogspot.in/2012/11/monitoring-battery-status-on-linux.html