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Look alive. Here comes a buzzard. :: sp.py - SharePoint Scripting with Python — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:23:38 +0000

[...] wrote a small introduction to SharePoint scripting with Python a while back and this weekend I didn’t have anything [...]

By: Sudhakar

Sudhakar — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:39:25 +0000

Nice article Glen.
I have done couple of projects in Python and am charmed by the power and ease of use in python.
I have been longing to work on that language.
I will try to develop some sample apps when I find time.

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By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:31:34 +0000

hi i enjoyed the read

By: glen

glen — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:14:37 +0000

Two things.

1) You need to have Microsoft.SharePoint.dll somewhere where it can be loaded by the clr.AddReference method. If you are running on a SharePoint server, the DLL is in the GAC so it will load fine. If you’re running on a desktop, you will probably need to get the DLL and make sure it’s accessible by Iron Python. See the Iron Python documentation for more details on how it loads assemblies with the AddReference method.

2) You will need to run this on a SharePoint server to actually use the object model in any way. In this regard, Iron Python is just like building a custom console app in C#. You can script it on your machine, but you have to put it on the server to run it.

By: Blaine

Blaine — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:06:23 +0000

Hello!

I am in _desperate_ need of interfacing python to SharePoint. Your tutorial looks promising, but I’m having trouble starting. This is what I get when I try to start off with Microsoft.SharePoint:

M:\>ipy
IronPython 1.1 (1.1) on .NET 2.0.50727.832
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>> import clr
>>> clr.AddReference(“Microsoft.SharePoint”)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File , line 0, in ##10
File , line 0, in AddReference##15
IOError: Could not add reference to assembly Microsoft.SharePoint
>>>

Any suggestions? I am running this on my desktop machine. I am currently a ‘user’ on our network, and do not have direct administrative access to the SharePoint Server. Am I able to run IronPython on my local PC?

Any comments you have would be very helpful!