Python mapsctript documentation (Re: [Mapserver-users] (no subject))
Sean Gillies
sgillies at frii.com
Fri Dec 6 13:51:35 PST 2002
Sven Jacobi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there any documentation about mapscript for Python
> available?
>
> Cheers,
> Sven
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Sven,
Which version are you using? If you are using
the pre-release 3.7 version, there is a function
that you won't find in the Perl documentation.
The imagObj method saveToString() is very useful
for mapscript apps and can be used to make file-like
image objects.
import mapscript, StringIO
mymap = mapscript.mapObj('my.map')
myimage = map.draw()
myimagedata = myimage.saveToString()
myimagethingy = StringIO.StringIO(myimagedata)
Now you can use myimagethingy as an argument to other
Python methods that require a file object such as the
manage_addImage() method of a Zope folder, or the open()
method of the Python Imaging Library.
Otherwise, the Perl docs are a good start.
cheers,
Sean
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