libselinux provides an API for SELinux applications to get and set process and file security contexts and to obtain security policy decisions
Examples
Two simple one line examples which get basic information about SELinux status.
$ python3 -c 'import selinux; print(selinux.is_selinux_enabled())'
1
$ python3 -c 'import selinux; print(["permissive", "enforcing", "disabled"][selinux.security_getenforce()])'
enforcingAnother example with a check if SELinux was updated.
>>> import selinux
>>> selinux.selinux_status_open(0)
0
>>> selinux.selinux_status_updated()
0
>>> selinux.selinux_status_policyload()
9
>>> selinux.selinux_status_updated()
0
>>> import os
>>> os.system("sudo semodule -B")
0
>>> selinux.selinux_status_updated()
1
>>> selinux.selinux_status_policyload()
10