[Windows] win_service_get by PID and not by name about psutil HOT 3 CLOSED

Mmm I don't think it's worth it. Services are inherently bound to a name. Such a function would basically be a one-liner which you can easily implement in your own code.

Each new API you add makes the project and doc bigger / more complex, thus it has a cost. As such it makes sense to only add utility functions which solve a either complex or very common problem (like process_iter()).

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@giampaolo Thanks for the reply, I just wonder if there is a Windows API to get the service by its PID and not the name it is worth exposing it as iterating over all the services just to find the one that I need can be a "heavy" call (I assume).

I'm not a windows expert so this API might not event exists 😃

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I doubt it exists because the Windows API which returns a service handler accepts the service name (aka a string):

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