tasks/kill_process.py

import os
import platform
import signal

import psutil


def kill_proc_tree(pid, including_parent=True):
    try:
        parent = psutil.Process(pid)
    except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
        # Process already terminated
        return

    children = parent.children(recursive=True)
    for child in children:
        try:
            os.kill(child.pid, signal.SIGTERM)  # or signal.SIGKILL
        except OSError:
            pass
    if including_parent:
        try:
            os.kill(parent.pid, signal.SIGTERM)  # or signal.SIGKILL
        except OSError:
            pass

system=platform.system()
def kill_process(pid):
    if(system=="Windows"):
        cmd = "taskkill /t /f /pid %s" % pid
        os.system(cmd)
    else:
        kill_proc_tree(pid)