Do you hav experience with C programming?

You can call C functions fromPython, with ctypes. What is ctypes?

ctypes is a foreign function library for Python. It provides C compatible data types, and allowscalling functions in DLLs or shared libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python.

This how to do it in Python 2.x (if you still have that):

#!/usr/bin/pythonfrom ctypes import *libc = cdll.LoadLibrary("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6")printf = libc.printfprintf("hello world\n")

For Python 3.x programs (yes the difference is one character)

#!/usr/bin/python3from ctypes import *libc = cdll.LoadLibrary("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6")printf = libc.printfprintf(b"hello world\n")

Make sure the path to your shared library (libc.so.6) is right.

Chances are it's on another location. On Windows or Mac its different path and name. Otherwise it's very basic, and this should work for any C library.

Related links:

• Ctypes beginner example (Python+C)
• Ctypes documentation
• Learn Python programming