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Reputation: 13

ctypes Python dynamic function call

I am writing a test script in Python to call C functions using ctypes ctypes - Beginner

I have a list of functions and the corresponding shared object names and need to call these functions dynamically using python script.

While I use it to directly call the function name in Python script, it works just fine and prints "hello world" on terminal!

Python Script:

import ctypes
import os

sharedObjectPath = (os.getcwd() + "/" + "sharedObject.so")

test = ctypes.CDLL(sharedObjectPath)
test.printHello()

C code:

#include < stdio.h>

void printHello(void);

void printHello()
{
    printf("hello world\n");
}

However, it throws an error while trying to use a variable to load the function name:

Python Script: (Dynamic function call)

import ctypes
import os

sharedObjectPath = (os.getcwd() + "/" + "sharedObject.so")

test = ctypes.CDLL(sharedObjectPath)
fName = "printHello()"
test.fName

Error: "complete path"/sharedObject.so: undefined symbol: fName

Any help and suggestions are deeply appreciated! thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 792

Answers (1)

Paul Rooney
Paul Rooney

Reputation: 21619

To invoke the function using it's name as a string, you this can do this

...    
fName = "printHello"
test[fName]()

So the functions name (minus the () ) is used to index into the module object and after that it's invoked.

Upvotes: 2

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