Execute command as admin using subprocess

Question

I want to execute installation command as an admin via subprocess. How can I run command as an admin? Here what I have so far:

import subprocess

subprocess.         


        

Answer 1

Try:

import os
subprocess
os.chdir("C:\\Users\\user\\")

cmd= subprocess.Popen(["runas", "/noprofile", "/user:Administrator", "|", "echo", "Y", "|", "choco", "install", "dropbox"],stdin=sp.PIPE)
cmd.stdin.write('password')
cmd.communicate()