Converting python code with OpenCV to C using Cython(import cv2) [Main idea is to create static lib to be used in C++ program]

Question

Hi i am facing issues When i import cv2 in my python code and convert the python code to C using Cython and then using the .c and .h file in Visual studio and using it in the main.cpp .It says no module named cv2 occurs when i execute the Main.cpp . I am able to create the openCVTestcode.c and openCVTestcode.h file and i have added to the Visual studio project and calling it from main.cpp. it works fine while importing numpy and it prints the result also. The issue is when i use openCv. i get no module named cv2 error. Should we add openCV path or so in Visual studio project? But this was not needed for Numpy.

When i use cimport cv2 it says cimported module has no attribute 'imread'. I have a openCVTestcode.pyx file and i am compiling usingpython -m cython openCVTestcode.pyxfrom the anaconda prompt. From this i get the .c and .h files which i am adding to a visual studio project and calling the function in the .h files from the main.cpp

The code for openCVtestcode.pyx is :

import cv2
cdef public void openCVtest():
 image = cv2.imread("Test.png")
 cv2.imshow("test",image)
 cv2.waitKey(0)

The code for Main.cpp is

int main(void) {
Py_Initialize(); //Needed!
PyInit_openCVTestcode(); //Needed! called PyInit_hello() for Python3
openCVtest();
Py_Finalize(); //Needed!
return 0;
}

I am able to build it. But the .exe created says

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "openCVTestcode.pyx", line 2, in init openCVTestcode
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cv2'
Exception ignored in: 'openCVTestcode.openCVtest'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "openCVTestcode.pyx", line 2, in init openCVTestcode
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cv2'

• ead: The python path isn’t set in the environment in which you start your program and thus the packages cannot be found. Compare the python-paths in your python installation and in the exe
• Swati: Thanks a lot it worked
• ead: You might describe what you have done to solve the problem in an answer, so others can learn from it.
• Swati: i installed cv2 from command prompt and then i was able to solve the issue