Python bindings for the Haiku API.
This lets you build apps for Haiku using the Haiku API directly from Python.
For the most part, Haiku-PyAPI tries to copy the C++ API. There are some places where we have had to deviate from the C++ API, however.
Virtually everything from Haiku's API is available. It is likely that you will run into some bugs if you try to make an application. Please report them! Also, there's a good chance we can give you a workaround to use until it is fixed.
Probably, the biggest bug is memory leaks. Unless memory management for a class was simple for us to do, it is likely that we opted to never free the memory so that we could worry about memory management later!
Installation on Haiku is easy, just run
pkgman install haiku_pyapi_python310
If you need the latest widgets and bugfixes, then you should compile from source, see below.
First, clone the source code, with submodules:
git clone https://github.com/coolcder613eb/Haiku-PyAPI --recursive
The basic build command to build using all CPU cores is
jam -j$(nproc)
Extra build parameters can be specified, as discussed below.
Finally, to install, simply run
jam install
Haiku-PyAPI should now be installed and ready to use.
The build parameters can be used to change how the build is done. This can be
used to, for example, specify a different verson of python to build for. To
specify a build parameter, add -sPARAMETER=VALUE to the build command line.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| python_version | Version of python to build for. Default: 3.10 |
| py | Alias of python_version |
| type | Debug or release build. Default: release |
| build_location | Location to put build files. Default: build/python$(python_version)_$(type) |
| install_location | Where to install build files to. Default: /boot/system/non-packaged/lib/python$(python_version)/site-packages |
This repository contains example.py, which is a simple "Hello world" program.
Other examples: