I have a GetList.py file which consumes Web Service and saves the output in XML on the server.
How do I invoke GetList.py so it saves the output in XML on the server before displaying the XML output in .ASPX page?
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You can create one batch file which contains call to python file and call that batch file from you .net application. To call batch file, you can use Process class. For example, suppose you have test.py file containing following code :
print "hello world"
then create one batch file (file having .bat extension) which has following contents :
python C:\test.py
Assuming you are using C#, and ur batchfile is stored in (C:\test.bat) you can use following code to invoke batch file
Process.Start("C:\test.bat");
You can have more details about Process class here
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nest
Is it not possible to call the
test.py directly from C#?
Pyd
hi @Shekhar , this method is very slow as it is initiating the command prompt. It is taking more than 5 minutes, please suggest a faster method
Shekhar
@pyd, If you execute your batch file/python file manually (without C# program based invocation) then how long does it take?
Pyd
Almost same time, in c# code also will initiate the CMD process right? Is there any other way to invoke python script from a c# exe or asp.net code. Please help
Shekhar
It's been really long time I have not touched anything related to .Net, I work on Big Data, Java and Scala realted stuff nowadays so I am afraid I won't be able to help here. Sorry.
If your server has a Python interpreter installed, use that. (It's usually in /usr/bin/python)
If it doesn't (and it probably doesn't, since you use .NET), use IronPython. It's based on .NET and works very nicely with ASP.NET. Fair warning: if your GetList.py script uses parts of the CPython standard library that haven't been implemented in IronPython, you might have to change the script. See this article to get a basic intro to IronPython and see how it fits in with .NET.
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Weng Fai Wong
This is a good solution when I host it on VPS myself eventually. Right now I've decided to run .Py file(which outputs and saves and XML file) on a cheaper Web Server and on my .Net Web Server I would retrieve the XML file.