Python with blue prism

[AkashJoshi]

Hi All,

I am learning Python language and just curious to know, by any chance will python be useful in blue prism tool now or in near future.
Or is it a right decision to learn a python instead of VB/C#. 

Please advice.

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Akash Joshi
Developer
Tata Consultancy Services
Asia/Kolkata
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[andrea.vezzoni]

Hello Akash,
Yes, Python can be useful. There are some integrations of Python into Blue Prism. We had in the past some users that have done so by creating Python VBOs connecting to the Python environment installed on the machine and enabled invoking Python scripts. You can also pass input arguments to the invoked code, as well as retrieve the output data generated by the VBO.

This is how it would be done and you have three options for working with Python scripts from within Blue Prism:

1. Compile the Python script to use in a Code Stage.
2. Call the script file in a code stage using the Process.Start function.
3. Use the Start Process action in the 'Utility – Environment' VBO to call the script.

Python script code can be used within a Code Stage or referenced externally as an external file reference, and to do so it needs be compiled to work with .NET 4.0 for Blue Prism v5 or .Net 4.7 for V6. Simply call your Python script using the Process.Start function.

I hope this helps.

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Andrea Vezzoni
Customer Support Engineer
Blue Prism
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