import GAM as python module?

[Robert Carpenter]

Is it possible to import GAM as a python module?

I'm not opposed to writing shell scripts to call GAM, but those parts of my brain are a little dusty and poorly-lit these days - it would be nice to be able to script some of these bulk operations in python.

Thanks!
-Robert-

[Nicholas Buihner (Dist)]

I've done this for the last two years with each release of the program. You have to wrap the arg-parsing into a main() func.

gam.py

...func defs...
def main():
      ...huge tree of ifs to parse arguments...
   except:
      ...last couple of lines...

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main()

Then you can import gam and use it's methods or do what I do and write a module and use the oauth and object code from gam. After patching gam.py in this manner, what I do to keep the changes separate so that it's easier to update when new versions come out is to import gam.py into a middle module.

CustomGam.py

from gam import*

def CustomGetInfo(username):
   return ...

For your custom funcs you can just copy and paste the original func from gam.py and then change it to suit your needs. Most of my custom funcs return a dict or False so that I can do error checking without the whole castle crashing down.

MyProject.py

from CustomGam.py import CustomGetInfo

def main():
   ...do stuff...

[Nicholas Buihner (Dist)]

from gam import *

[Peter Kolbe]

Nicholas, is there any chance you (or someone else) could spell this out a little more for a python noob? I'm trying to increase my python skills while working with GAM.

thx,

-peter

[Olinsky, Nicholas]

I would like to this also

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