[ Pass command line arguments to python 2.7.6 package application using C API ]

I'm new to python and now I need to call a python 2.7.6 program using its C API.

The python program is in the form of a python package and takes several command line options. You can run it like this:

python my_py_app input.txt --option1="value1" --option2="value2"

Here's what I've been doing:

1, Setup python API using Py_Initialize();

2, Load that package using PyImport_ImportModule("my_py_app") and it returns a valid PyObject

3, I don't know how to proceed ...

The python C API document contains lots of functions like PyEval_CallXXX. Which one do I need to call and how do I pass the option/value pairs to the program?

Answer 1

You're looking for the PySys_SetArgv function.

The following question has some more information and an example:

Run a python script with arguments

$ find
.
./py.c
./mymod
./mymod/__init__.py
./mymod/__main__.py
$ cat ./mymod/__init__.py
$ cat ./mymod/__main__.py
import sys

print 'hello', ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
$ python mymod world
hello world
$ cat ./py.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <python2.7/Python.h>

int main(void)
{
    int argc;
    char * argv[2];

    argc = 2;
    argv[0] = "mymod";
    argv[1] = "world";

    Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
    Py_Initialize();
    PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv);
    PyImport_ImportModule("mymod.__main__");
    Py_Finalize();

    return 0;
}
$ gcc `python2.7-config --cflags --ldflags` py.c
$ ./a.out
hello world
$