This document discusses reusing custom Python logic in IQ Bot by:
1) Creating Python files with reusable functions and saving them in a directory set as the PYTHONPATH environment variable.
2) Importing the Python files and calling functions from within IQ Bot custom logic fields.
3) Including a "main" function in the Python files to test logic independently while also making the files importable as packages.
This document discusses reusing custom Python logic in IQ Bot by:
1) Creating Python files with reusable functions and saving them in a directory set as the PYTHONPATH environment variable.
2) Importing the Python files and calling functions from within IQ Bot custom logic fields.
3) Including a "main" function in the Python files to test logic independently while also making the files importable as packages.
This document discusses reusing custom Python logic in IQ Bot by:
1) Creating Python files with reusable functions and saving them in a directory set as the PYTHONPATH environment variable.
2) Importing the Python files and calling functions from within IQ Bot custom logic fields.
3) Including a "main" function in the Python files to test logic independently while also making the files importable as packages.
This document discusses reusing custom Python logic in IQ Bot by:
1) Creating Python files with reusable functions and saving them in a directory set as the PYTHONPATH environment variable.
2) Importing the Python files and calling functions from within IQ Bot custom logic fields.
3) Including a "main" function in the Python files to test logic independently while also making the files importable as packages.
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Reusing Custom Logic
•Why? • Writing any complex logic in the editor within IQ Bot is going to be complicated. There is nothing like having your favorite To do this there are a few simple steps editor to do the heavy lifting. Choose where on your server you want to have all your python files • You also might want a bunch of logic you have written used mutiple times e.g. in each form field so after a bit it makes Make a directory e.g."c:\somewhere\mydir" sense to write a package, import it and then use in the put an empty file called "__init__.py" in the directory. custom logic. This will make python treat this folder as package folder Go into control panel • This has the added benefit that the code in IQ Bot is reduced Find environment variables and the option to edit them to the bare minimum, which makes it easier to maintain for the system (not user) - for example if you have put logic in a bunch of fields for 100 groups, it won't be fun editing and testing it again. Add the environment variable PYTHONPATH and set it to your directory e.g..c:\somewhere\mydir Restart IQ Bot services (using • So we can write our required logic in a separate “.py” and then import it and use any of the functions i.e. a package. stopanduninstallservices.bat and installandstartservices.bat just to be sure)
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Reusing Custom Logic – Contd., Now you are ready to create a package e.g. Making it easy to code your package create a python file, e.g.helloworld.py in the directory There is one last step to make it so you can run your create a function or two e.g python file standalone while you are writing it but still have it importable. Note you will have to set up def hw(): print('hello world') variables you have in IQ Bot in your main function (or elsewhere) so you can test similar operation. def hw2(): print('hello world again!') def hw(): print('hello world')
def hw2(): print('hello world again!')
#add new function called main with whatever logic you want to test and any variables you need to set e.g. field_value In IQ Bot in a form field (or table settings) go to the logic tab and then def main(): you can do the following: field_value = 'a test value' hw() hw2() import helloworld #this final logic makes sure the code runs standalone but not helloworld.hw() when you import it into another script or in IQ Bot helloworld.hw2() if __name__ == '__main__': main() # or if you only need one function Also any imports you do in this file will be from helloworld import hw hw() available when you import in IQ Bot .
