Fastest way to get system uptime in Python in Linux

Question

I\'m looking for a fast and lightweight way to read system uptime from a Python script. Is there a way to call the sysinfo Linux system call from Python?

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Answer 1

You can try installing psutil with:

pip install psutil

and then use the following fragment of code:

import psutil
import time


def seconds_elapsed():
    return time.time() - psutil.boot_time()


print seconds_elapsed()