Defining API call to my QT Desktop Application

[Asif._.]

I want to define an API call to a QT desktop Application. My objective is something similar to how we can automate windows applications using python and WIn32 Api calls. Is there any way to implement it with Qt?

[mrjj]

Hi
In what way automate it ?
Since you write the app your self, you can allow any kind of API.

However, its hard to give any suggestion as to what would be a good solution as
its not clear whom will automate it and do you mean the end user should be able to use python for it or how should it work ?

[Asif._.]

I am new to APIs, so could you kindly explain how i can use APIs for this.
For clarification regarding the automation, i want the end user to be able to utilize the application's functionality from outside through some form of scripting.

[mrjj]

@Asif-_
Hi
API just means "application programming interface" and in this context just means Any way you like since you will
program it. In another context its a collection of tools/code/etc , like the Windows Programming API.

For your use case, you could use Qt own scripting

https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtscript-index.html#scripting-classes

to allow the user to write a script and have app do it.

or something like
http://chaiscript.com/

There is also option to use
http://www.swig.org/
to expose it to python and/or use the python binding
to create the whole app in python taking the scripting to a new level.

However, depending on what you actually want to automate, a full scripting
language might be a bit overkill.