Examples

Examples are available in the examples directory. The PyScriptingConsole implements a simple interactive scripting console that shows how to script a simple application. The PyLauncher application can be used to run arbitrary PythonQt scripts given on the commandline.

The following shows a simple example on how to integrate PythonQt into your Qt application:

#include "PythonQt.h"
#include <QApplication>
...
 
int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
 
 QApplication qapp(argc, argv);
 
 // init PythonQt and Python itself
 PythonQt::init();
 
 // get a smart pointer to the __main__ module of the Python interpreter
 PythonQtObjectPtr context = PythonQt::self()->getMainModule();
 
 // add a QObject as variable of name "example" to the namespace of the __main__ module
 PyExampleObject example;
 context.addObject("example", &example);
 
 // do something
 context.evalScript("print example");
 context.evalScript("def multiply(a,b):\n  return a*b;\n");
 QVariantList args;
 args << 42 << 47;
 QVariant result = context.call("multiply", args);
 ...