Calling Python Script from NodeJs Code

Learn to call a python script from node.js in this post.

Python script

Here is a simple python script that receives one argument and prints the same. Before printing out any data we can perform the a function.

Python script - index.py

Node.js script

Here is a Node.js script that calls the python script.

Node.js script - call-python.js

The example usages node.js child_process.spawn method. This method spawns a process with the given command. The provided command must be installed like to run above example python command should be installed on the system.

The child_process is an inbuilt module of Node.js. Using this module, you can create child processes. The child process communicates through pipe methods like stdout, stderr with the parent process.