ver Jan14th

setup method for Thunderbird composing tasks

desktop_env/controllers/setup.py

@@ -204,15 +204,15 @@ class SetupController:
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
             logger.error("An error occurred while trying to send the request: %s", e)
 
-    def _launch_setup(self, command: Union[str, List[str]]):
+    def _launch_setup(self, command: Union[str, List[str]], shell: bool = False):
         if not command:
             raise Exception("Empty command to launch.")
 
-        if isinstance(command, str) and len(command.split()) > 1:
+        if not shell and isinstance(command, str) and len(command.split()) > 1:
             logger.warning("Command should be a list of strings. Now it is a string. Will split it by space.")
             command = command.split()
 
-        payload = json.dumps({"command": command})
+        payload = json.dumps({"command": command, "shell": shell})
         headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
         try:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class SetupController:
 
         while not terminates:
             try:
-                response = requests.post(self.http_server_setup_root + "/execute", headers=headers, data=payload)
+                response = requests.post(self.http_server + "/setup" + "/execute", headers=headers, data=payload)
                 if response.status_code == 200:
                     results: Dict[str, str] = response.json()
                     if stdout:

desktop_env/server/main.py

@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ def execute_command():
 @app.route('/setup/launch', methods=["POST"])
 def launch_app():
     data = request.json
-    command: List[str] = data.get("command", [])
+    shell = data.get("shell", False)
+    command: List[str] = data.get("command", "" if shell else [])
 
     try:
-        subprocess.Popen(command)
-        return "{:} launched successfully".format(" ".join(command))
+        subprocess.Popen(command, shell=shell)
+        return "{:} launched successfully".format(command if shell else " ".join(command))
     except Exception as e:
         return jsonify({"status": "error", "message": str(e)}), 500