how to get information of a running prog in python

[Jimmy]

On May 13, 10:36 am, "Dan Upton" <up... at virginia.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Jimmy <mcknight0... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, i know it may be a little non-python thing, however, I can think
> >  of no place better to post this question :)
>
> >  can anyone tell me, in python, how to obtain some information of a
> >  running program?
> >  paticularly, if i am playing some music in audacious or other media
> >  player, how can i get the the name and some other info of current
> >  playing song? It seems that audicious doesn't output on run-time
> >  --
> >  http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
> In most cases, you'll probably need some sort of API, either in the
> program itself or through some sort of plugin, that lets external
> programs query it.  For instance, there are some plugins to WinAmp
> that allow external programs (like Last.FM or Mog-O-Matic) to see what
> track is currently playing.  You may also be able to do something like
> get the window title (again, WinAmp's title bar usually includes the
> artist and title) and parse it out.  I don't really know that there's
> anything specific to Python for accessing these though, and it may
> vary depending on media player.
>
> Just my two cents...
>
> -dan

thanks!

In linux, I am always obfuscated by sort of APIs. Like how to get
title information of a running program?
where am I supposed to find these APIs