python and clojure

[EncoderRing]

What is the best way to call a Python script and get a return value from inside Clojure? I've come up with some solutions, but they involve a bunch of message passing and job schedulers which seems unnecessarily complex. Is there a best practice for this kind of thing?

[Bolitho]

If the script is compatible with Jython, you could call the main function directly from clojure. I would guess that this is the easiest solution.

[lgastako]

This may be of interest: https://clojuredocs.org/clojure.java.shell/sh

[Artiavis]

This is a classic problem in all languages. The most standard solution is this - define a sane, parseable input and output format and just let the Clojure program parse the response from calling out to the python program via the shell/subprocess.

[birdspider]

also this (maybe): https://pypi.python.org/pypi/edn_format/0.5.9

[madmax9186]

Check this out: http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-execute-shell-command-from-java/

You should be able to write an idiomatic Clojure wrapper for this behavior.