Automate - Import Python Modules
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Introduction
This article describes the steps required to import third-party python modules to use inside the Script operation in Rampiva workflows.
Prerequisites
Administrative permissions to install python
Instructions
A. Import Python Module
| 1 | Check the version of python that is distributed with Nuix / Rampiva by running the following script: import sys
print sys.version | 
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| 2 | Download and install python with the same version |
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| 3 | Install the required package in the local python installation. This will place the package into the site-packages folder of the python installation. |
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| 4 | When running a script in Nuix / Rampiva, add the path to the site-packages to the sys path, using the code below: import sys
path_to_library = 'C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages'
sys.path.append(path_to_library) |
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