[Qgis-user] Python Code to Clip Vector layers

[Nathan Woodrow]

Check out {QGIS install}\python\plugins\fTools\tools\doGeoprocessing.py

The code for the built in clip tools are written in python, so you can just
steal the code from there.

- Nathan

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:06 AM, DelphineJB <del_cadarn at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am new to Python programming and relatively new to QGIS. So beware my
> question is ridiculously simple but for some reason I have been turning in
> circles on the web and on QGIS for more than a day now trying to find an
> answer.
>
> So I am looking for the Python Code to clip Vector Layers
>
> I know how to clip vector layers using the plugins available on the
> software.
> But what I am looking for is the python code which will enable me to clip
> vector layers out of another vector polygon (all in shapefile).
> - I am trying to document the process of a specific GIS analysis so that it
> can be repeatable, python code seemed the best solution following my
> employer's opinion -
>
> I have looked on the web for a simple piece of code, I have explored dir()
> of both ftools and gdal, but nothing seems to jump out despite that I know
> fine well that it must be somewhere.
>
> Could anyone suggest me a code or at the very least where to look?
>
>           Thank you,
>
>                       Delphine
>
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