Abort Pending Scan Jobs on HP Printers w/ ESCL

kill_hp_scan_jobs.py

import base64
import json
import time
import xmltodict

import requests

s = requests.session()
s.verify = False

URL = "http://192.168.178.77"
LOGIN = "admin:<password>"


def login():
    current_millis = time.time_ns() // 1000000
    s.headers.update({
        "Authorization": f"Basic {base64.b64encode(LOGIN.encode()).decode()}"
    })
    res = s.get(URL + "/AuthChk", params={
        "_": current_millis
    })
    if res.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception("Failed to login")


def scanner_status() -> dict:
    res = s.get(URL + "/eSCL/ScannerStatus")
    if res.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception("Failed to get scanner status")
    return xmltodict.parse(res.text)


login()

status = scanner_status()
print(status)
jobs = status["scan:ScannerStatus"]["scan:Jobs"]["scan:JobInfo"]

if isinstance(jobs, dict):
    jobs = [jobs]

for scan_job in jobs:
    print(scan_job)
    uuid = scan_job["pwg:JobUuid"]
    state = scan_job["pwg:JobState"]
    if state not in ["Pending"]:
        # job is already canceled
        continue
    print(f"Job {uuid} is in state {state}")
    # delete job
    res = s.delete(URL + f"/eSCL/ScanJobs/{uuid}")
    print(res.status_code)
    if res.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception("Failed to delete job")