Penty Desktop Assistant

Penty is a proof-of-concept Desktop Assistant designed in Python Eel. Features for the POC include an email client, link shortener, browser, and a WolframAlpha bot. Since it runs on Eel, it supports a GUI window that runs on Chromium.

Prerequisites

Modules

The easiest way to get up and running with PIP. Requirements are in requirements.txt

Others

Since the POC uses a few OS specific modules, only Windows 7 - 11 is fully supported.

The WolframAlpha API key can be accessed from (https://products.wolframalpha.com/simple-api/documentation/)

Searchbar commands

Apart from answering simple questions, the search bar can also be used to perform quick actions when certain commands are typed in. The commands are not case sensitive.

• {Search term}
  • You can search for almost anything and Penty will spew out a brief description of it. Stuff like when was x born, the national anthem of the Soviet Union, Who is Guido Van Rossum, all work perfectly.
• IP
  • Displays device IP
• MAC
  • Displays device MAC
• Shorten {link address}
  • Returns a shortened link through tinyurl.com
• Shutdown/ shtdwn
  • Shuts down the device
• Restart/ restrt
  • Restarts the device
• Eval {math problem}
  • Returns solutions to complex algebraic equations
• Download speed/ download
  • Displays the download speed
• Upload speed/ upload
  • Displays the upload speed
• About
  • Displays information on the POC
• System
  • Displays system specs & details

Icon use

Usage (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right)

• Browser
  • Opens a broswer with provided query.
• Email client
  • Runs a basic gmail client.
• System
  • Displays device specs & details.
• Mail password manager
  • Must be configured once before using the mailing client. Requires mail ID and a google generated app-password. More on this at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

Packaging Pent

Packaging Pent into a distributable is straightforward, and uses PyInstaller. Start by deleting mailcreds.txt. Once deleted, navigate to the source directory through the terminal and run -

python -m eel app.py web --onefile

Most PyInstaller flags except --noconsole are supported. A hacky-workaround replacement is coded into App.py.