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    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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    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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    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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    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 .

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