erlport 0.2

Erlang port protocol

Erlang port protocol for Python simplify interoperability between Erlang and Python. On the Python side write a processor object and pass it to erlport.PortProtocol like this:

from erlport import PortProtocol

class Processor(object):

    def hello(self, name):
        return "Hello, %s" % name

if __name__ == "__main__":
    PortProtocol(Processor()).start()

On the Erlang side function hello() can be called like this:

-module(hello).
-export([hello/1]).

hello(Name) ->
    Port = open_port({spawn, "python hello.py"},
        [{packet, 1}, nouse_stdio, binary]),
    port_command(Port, term_to_binary({hello, Name})),
    receive
        {Port, {data, Data}} ->
            binary_to_term(Data)
    end.

Test it in the Erlang shell:

1> c(hello).
{ok,hello}
2> hello:hello("Bob").
"Hello, Bob"