Suspend / Hibernate pc with python

Question

I'd like to write a short python script that puts my computer to sleep. I'Ve already searched the API but the only result on suspend has to do with delayed execution. What function does the trick ?

Answer 1

I don't know how to sleep. But I know how to Hibernate (on Windows). Perhaps that is enough? shutdown.exe is your friend! Run it from the command prompt.

To see its options do shutdown.exe /?

I believe a hibernate call would be: shutdown.exe /h

So, putting it all together in python:

import os
os.system("shutdown.exe /h")

But as other have mentioned, it is bad to use os.system. Use the popen instead. But, if you're lazy like me and its a little script them meh! os.system it is for me.