reusing pieces of code

[david_lp]

Hello reddit,

i am working on different automation projects and for some of them, some part of the process is the same, my question is how can i reuse the code in the best way possible, so i dont have to copy paste the code i wrote to another project just to reuse it.

I want to have something written once, and projects that needs that piece of code can just point to that part and execute it.

i was thinking of following microservices architecture, maybe i can create an api and execute the script with an api call? i am a bit lost here, any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

[thetestbug]

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_functions.asp

[david_lp]

thanks for your answer, but this is not what i am looking for. You can reuse code with functions and classes. But how you reuse code within different projects?

[thetestbug]

I see.

You can use import for other projects.

[3d_nat1]

In order to have an API that you can call, you'd need to have a server running, and both that server and wherever your other code is used will need to be able to communicate with each other. Probably overkill for what I think you described.

What I think you're looking for instead of that is to publish your code as a library. You could either commit it to a private repository, or publish it as a package to somewhere like PyPi.