Using a Python API

BernieC has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there some equivalent of Inline::C for calling a Python API? I have a few programs that have an API from Python and it'd be very neat to be able to do some of the complicated things from a Perl program rather than fighting through the GUI.

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Re: Using a Python API by hippo (Bishop) on Jul 19, 2021 at 14:55 UTC
Is there some equivalent of Inline::C for calling a Python API? You mean like Inline::Python? 🦛	[reply]
Re^2: Using a Python API by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Jul 20, 2021 at 19:34 UTC
DUH - I really thought I had looked for that but missed. Thanks	[reply]
Re: Using a Python API by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 19, 2021 at 14:58 UTC
An API that exposes the language of implementation isn't a very good API. And an API that requires you to automate scraping the GUI isn't an API at all. What is going on here? Is the "api" really just a Python library? Is it REST? JSON over HTTP (not quite REST), RPC, GRPC, or what? Dave	[reply]
Re^2: Using a Python API by Anonymous Monk on Jul 19, 2021 at 16:14 UTC
Nonetheless, Python is by far the most common language that I find in "program scripting" situations, outside of the strictly-Microsoft world.	[reply]
Re^3: Using a Python API by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 19, 2021 at 16:17 UTC
Nonetheless, Python is by far the most common language that I find in "program scripting" situations Yes, that's the new fad currently that all new college students are being taught. That's not the point Dave's trying to make here though.	[reply]
Re^4: Using a Python API by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 20, 2021 at 14:58 UTC

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