Use of node-python to execute python scripts from web application hosted under python?

Question

I've written python scripts for some numerical analysis topics and so I want to plot them in a nice way using any Java Script library.

So, I got to know about python-node and they show some brief doc info at that site:

var python = require('node-python');
var os = python.import('os');
// nodejs stuff
var path = require('path');
assert(os.path.basename(os.getcwd()) == path.basename(process.cwd()))

However, how could I start to actually do python, import python libraries, run python scripts, etc?

Answer 1

That example show how to use import and call functions.

Try following:

var python = require('node-python');
var script = python.import('your_script_module_name');
script.your_function(argument1, argument2)

• diegoaguilar: So I could even do more than one script = python.import('your_script_module_name'); lines to keep coding, right?
• diegoaguilar: I got module in same folder and I get: Error: No module named python.taylorsum...
• falsetru: @diegoaguilar, Did you set PYTHONPATH=. as I did in the screencast?
• diegoaguilar: I did, yes, being . the folder from where such an app.js is being started
• falsetru: @diegoaguilar, Do you have a python directory in the same directory? If so, does python directory is a package (having __init__.py)?