check if daemon is running before starting console

lbrynet/lbrynet_console/LBRYConsole.py

@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ import argparse
 import requests
 import locale
 import sys
+import webbrowser
+
+from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
 from yapsy.PluginManager import PluginManager
 from twisted.internet import defer, threads, stdio, task, error
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
+
 # from lbrynet.core.client.AutoDownloader import AutoFetcher
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_console.ConsoleControl import ConsoleControl
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_console.LBRYSettings import LBRYSettings
@@ -508,7 +512,19 @@ class LBRYConsole():
 
 
 def launch_lbry_console():
+    try:
+        daemon = ServerProxy("http://localhost:7080")
+        daemon.is_running()
 
+        print "lbrynet-daemon is already running"
+        print "To use lbrynet-console first close the LBRY status bar app, " \
+              "or run stop-lbrynet-daemon if you started it via command line"
+        print ""
+        print "Launching browser interface"
+
+        webbrowser.open("lbry://lbry")
+
+    except:
         from twisted.internet import reactor
 
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Launch a lbrynet console")
@@ -588,7 +604,6 @@ def launch_lbry_console():
             os.mkdir(data_dir)
             created_data_dir = True
 
-
         log_format = "(%(asctime)s)[%(filename)s:%(lineno)s] %(funcName)s(): %(message)s"
         formatter = logging.Formatter(log_format)
 

lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemon.py

@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ class LBRYDaemon(xmlrpc.XMLRPC):
         d.addCallback(lambda _: self._setup_lbry_file_opener())
         d.addCallback(lambda _: self._setup_query_handlers())
         d.addCallback(lambda _: self._setup_server())
-        if sys.platform == "darwin":
-            d.addCallback(lambda _: self._update())
+        # if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        #     d.addCallback(lambda _: self._update())
         #     d.addCallback(lambda _: self.status_app.run())
         d.addCallback(lambda _: self._setup_fetcher())
         d.addCallback(lambda _: _disp_startup())