Python Intro - C/C++ Extension

Extension Example 1.  Python Call C function (Python 3.4)

1.1 spam.c

#include <Python.h>

static PyObject *SpamError;

static PyObject * spam_system(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
    const char *command;
    int sts;

    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &command)) return NULL;
    sts = system(command);
    if (sts < 0) {
        PyErr_SetString(SpamError, "System command failed");
        return NULL;
    }

    return PyLong_FromLong(sts);
}

static PyMethodDef SpamMethods[] = {
    {"system",  spam_system, METH_VARARGS, "Execute a shell command."},
    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
};

static struct PyModuleDef spammodule = {
   PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
   "spam",   /* name of module */
   NULL, // spam_doc, /* module documentation, may be NULL */
   -1,       /* size of per-interpreter state of the module,
                or -1 if the module keeps state in global variables. */
   SpamMethods
};

PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_spam(void)
{
    PyObject *m;

    m = PyModule_Create(&spammodule);
    if(m == NULL) return NULL;

    SpamError = PyErr_NewException("spam.error", NULL, NULL);
    Py_INCREF(SpamError);
    PyModule_AddObject(m, "error", SpamError);
    return m;
}

1.2  sp.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

import spam
status = spam.system("ls -l")

1.3  setup.py

from distutils.core import setup, Extension
setup(name='spam', version='1.0', ext_modules=[Extension('spam', ['spam.c'])])

1.4  build and install spam module

python3 setup.py install

1.5  execute sp.py

./sp.py