Managing Nuget Packages for Python in Visual Studio

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Alright, managing Nuget packages for Python in Visual Studio. If you’re like me, you love the convenience of using Nuget to manage your .NET projects but sometimes forget that it can also handle Python packages too!

Before anything else, make sure you have the latest version of Nuget installed on your machine (you can download it from https://aka.ms/nugetclidl). Once you’ve got that sorted out, let’s create a new C# console project in Visual Studio and add our first Python package using Nuget.

1. Open up Visual Studio and click “File” > “New Project”. Select the “Console App (.NET Framework)” template and give it a name like “PythonTestProject”. Click OK to create your new project.

2. In Solution Explorer, right-click on your project and select “Manage NuGet Packages…”. This will open up the Package Manager window where you can search for and install packages.

3. Search for “python” in the package manager and click “Install”. This should install both the python and pythonx86 packages (one for 64-bit, one for 32-bit). If you’re on a Mac or Linux machine, just search for “mono-python” instead.

4. Once your packages are installed, open up Program.cs and add this code:

// Import the necessary libraries
using System; // For basic input/output operations
using Python.Runtime; // For interacting with Python code

// Create a namespace for the project
namespace PythonTestProject
{
    // Create a class for the main program
    class Program
    {
        // Create a static method for the main program
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Load the python module we want to use
            var py = Py.CreateScope(); // Create a scope for the python module

            // Call a function in our loaded python module
            object result = py.Import("my_python_module").GetAttribute("some_function")?.Call(123); // Import the python module and call a specific function with an input of 123

            // Print the result to the console
            Console.WriteLine($"Result: {result}"); // Print the result of the function call to the console
        }
    }
}

5. In the code above, replace “my_python_module” with the name of your Python package and “some_function” with the function you want to call from that module.

6. Save your changes and run your project! You should see output in the console window showing the result of calling your python function.

That’s it , managing Nuget packages for Python is just as easy as doing it for .NET projects.

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