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.