CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

call python from c#

using System; 
using System.IO; 
using System.Diagnostics; 

namespace CallPython 
{ 
    /// <summary> 
    /// Used to show simple C# and Python interprocess communication 
    /// Author      : Ozcan ILIKHAN 
    /// Created     : 02/26/2015 
    /// Last Update : 04/30/2015 
    /// </summary> 
    class Program 
    { 
        static void Main(string[] args) 
        { 
            // full path of python interpreter 
            string python = @"C:ContinuumAnacondapython.exe"; 

            // python app to call 
            string myPythonApp = "sum.py"; 

            // dummy parameters to send Python script 
            int x = 2; 
            int y = 5; 

            // Create new process start info 
            ProcessStartInfo myProcessStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(python); 

            // make sure we can read the output from stdout 
            myProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; 
            myProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true; 

            // start python app with 3 arguments  
            // 1st arguments is pointer to itself,  
            // 2nd and 3rd are actual arguments we want to send 
            myProcessStartInfo.Arguments = myPythonApp + " " + x + " " + y; 

            Process myProcess = new Process(); 
            // assign start information to the process 
            myProcess.StartInfo = myProcessStartInfo; 

            Console.WriteLine("Calling Python script with arguments {0} and {1}", x,y); 
            // start the process 
            myProcess.Start(); 

            // Read the standard output of the app we called.  
            // in order to avoid deadlock we will read output first 
            // and then wait for process terminate: 
            StreamReader myStreamReader = myProcess.StandardOutput; 
            string myString = myStreamReader.ReadLine(); 

            /*if you need to read multiple lines, you might use: 
                string myString = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd() */           

            // wait exit signal from the app we called and then close it. 
            myProcess.WaitForExit(); 
            myProcess.Close(); 

            // write the output we got from python app 
            Console.WriteLine("Value received from script: " + myString); 

        } 
    } 
}