Calling a python script with input within a python script using subprocess
To call a Python script from another one using subprocess
module and to pass it some input and to get its output:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import sys
from subprocess import check_output
script_path = os.path.join(get_script_dir(), 'a.py')
output = check_output([sys.executable, script_path],
input='\n'.join(['query 1', 'query 2']),
universal_newlines=True)
where get_script_dir()
function is defined here.
A more flexible alternative is to import module a
and to call a function, to get the result (make sure a.py
uses if __name__=="__main__"
guard, to avoid running undesirable code on import):
#!/usr/bin/env python
import a # the dir with a.py should be in sys.path
result = [a.search(query) for query in ['query 1', 'query 2']]
You could use mutliprocessing
to run each query in a separate process (if performing a query is CPU-intensive then it might improve time performance):
#!/usr/bin/env python
from multiprocessing import freeze_support, Pool
import a
if __name__ == "__main__":
freeze_support()
pool = Pool() # use all available CPUs
result = pool.map(a.search, ['query 1', 'query 2'])
Another way than mentioned, is by using the built-in funtion exec
This function gets a string of python code and executes it
To use it on a script file, you can simply read
it as a text file, as such:
#dir is the directory of a.py
#a.py, for example, contains the variable 'x=1'
exec(open(dir+'\\a.py').read())
print(x) #outputs 1