running python in node.js

[buoyant obsidian]

function runpy(username){
var dataToSend;
 const python = spawn('python', ['verify.py']);
 python.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
  dataToSend = data.toString();
console.log(dataToSend)
 });
 python.on('close', (code) => {
 console.log(dataToSend)
})};
runpy()

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[subtle bay]

what's spawn from? child_process?

looks like that env doesn't have a python binary.

[buoyant obsidian]

that's how u run python on node.js
childproccess is a module

[subtle bay]

i know what child_process is, im asking to confirm that's how you've defined it

[buoyant obsidian]

that's how

._.

[subtle bay]

sidenote; you can't run python in node.js without a interpreter for python, child_process lets you run python from nodejs
they're still kinda separate

[subtle bay]

anyways yeah ENOENT is short for "Error: No Entry" so looks like this is the case

[buoyant obsidian]

wdym no entry

._.

[subtle bay]

"entry" here refers to something in a directory (folder)

[buoyant obsidian]

so like no such file exists?

[subtle bay]

so basically there's no binary called python, or at least the shell didn't find one

[subtle bay]

yes

[buoyant obsidian]

-.-

there is a file called verify.py

[subtle bay]

doing fs.readFile or whatever on a non-existant file will give the same error

[subtle bay]

that's not the missing thing

[buoyant obsidian]

what is?

[subtle bay]

the python interpreter is missing

python itself is the missing thing

[buoyant obsidian]

@subtle bay ._.

[subtle bay]

????

[buoyant obsidian]

huh

so I have to download python? tf

.______.

[subtle bay]

isn't that replit

[buoyant obsidian]

@subtle bay it is

[subtle bay]

you don't need to ping me, im right here

[buoyant obsidian]

._. ok

[subtle bay]

anyways yeah i wouldn't recommend trying to access other executables (or at least, expecting that to be reliable) on an environment you don't/can't control

[buoyant obsidian]

the library isn't available in js it's for a private insta api ._.

[subtle bay]

you could try some other calls to probe what the environment does have, but the environment can change at any time so don't expect it to be reliable

[subtle bay]

why not just run that locally?

you can know and modify the environment locally.

[buoyant obsidian]

the entire thing is for verifying insta followers

and I don't have a server to do so

or a domain ._.

[subtle bay]

so you want this to be on 24/7?

[buoyant obsidian]

ye

[subtle bay]

im not so sure instagram is going to like that

[buoyant obsidian]

bruh it's just accepting insta follow requests

._.

[subtle bay]

that's not the problem

[buoyant obsidian]

what is?

[subtle bay]

the (potential) problem is it being on perpetually

[buoyant obsidian]

?

[subtle bay]

a bot that's always on and accessing private instagram apis

does that not sound at least somewhat questionable

[buoyant obsidian]

how they gonna know hes a bot💀

[subtle bay]

they don't really need to

[buoyant obsidian]

.-.

bruh my little brain is getting smoooooshhheeeed

[subtle bay]

please be considerate of other services when making your projects

anything else i can tell you, i've already said

[buoyant obsidian]

._. so u can't run python on replit cuz replit doesn't have it installed from there side?

[subtle bay]

you can run python on replit, but i guess not from the environment configured for js

or at least, not under python

[edgy shadow]

you could probably install it from shell

[buoyant obsidian]

well what's can i do?

[buoyant obsidian]

uhm how do u install python from shell?

may i have a command line cuz I only installed packages never anything else beyond that

[subtle bay]

sounds pretty questionable to do it for an environment you don't actually control.