In this topic:

•Requirements

•Python distributed with winIDEA installation

•Installation of winIDEA SDK for other instances of Python

•winIDEA SDK via Python Package Index (PyPI) server (recommended)

•winIDEA SDK with downloaded installers

 

 

Introduction

Python and winIDEA interact in both directions:

•winIDEA can edit and run Python code, and

•Python programs can control winIDEA via winIDEA SDK.

 

 

Requirements

•winIDEA 9.12 or newer

•Python 3.x, which has not yet reached the end of life

•winIDEA SDK for Python

 

 

Python distributed with winIDEA installation

winIDEA installation bundle includes Python with winIDEA SDK, so no installation of winIDEA SDK is necessary if using this instance of Python. Python distributed with winIDEA installation also includes some modules not provided in standard Python distribution, for example numpy, scipy, etc.

Python interpreter (python.exe) is located in <winIDEA installation directory>/Python.

 

 

 

Installation of winIDEA SDK for other instances of Python

Two ways of the installation are possible:

•winIDEA SDK via Python Package Index (PyPI) server (recommended)

•winIDEA SDK with downloaded installers

 

 

winIDEA SDK via Python Package Index (PyPI) server (recommended)

winIDEA SDK for all active Python versions are available via PyPi server for winIDEA version 9.17 and newer.

 

To install winIDEA SDK for Python via PyPI server open command prompt and enter:

 

For Linux you also have to update libraries:

 

 

winIDEA SDK with downloaded installers

If you have problems accessing PyPI server for installation and web page for documentation, or will be using a PC without internet access, then you can download the SDK bundle from winIDEA SDKs Download.

 

Download the SDK package and unzip it. It contains Python wheel installers, which can be used in a similar way as PyPI server, for example: