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Jul 16, 2021 - 16:23
john.caprino
I am on an iPad. Trying to use Spotipy and it requires environmental variables to be set. Is there a way I can set environmental variables? ...
Jul 14, 2021 - 08:52
Louis05
How do I terminate a mongod process with python using pymongo? Basically, the equivalent of
use admin
db.shutdownServer()
which is used in...
Jul 10, 2021 - 21:30
DavinE
hello Guys,
I have a Question to generate a View with all listed names in a file or config what else....
my idea behind it is to add some ...
Jul 08, 2021 - 08:07
Raymond
Does anyone have an idea how to learn the libraries and "ui" in pythonista?
Jul 08, 2021 - 03:37
Penguin Master
Hi, I'm trying to use PyMongo and MongoDB with Pythonista 3, but I'm getting this error:
```py
pymongo.errors.ServerSelectionTimeoutError: ...
Jul 06, 2021 - 05:16
Nyanki0427
The key is to use [`UIImpactFeedbackGenerator `](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiimpactfeedbackgenerator).
My demo:
```py...
Jun 30, 2021 - 00:21
jackattack
Hey I feel like this should be really simple, I just want a small script that runs from the share sheet that takes an image and saves it to ...
Jun 25, 2021 - 08:36
Rhodes
11 times taken out versus his remaining massive league outing https://www.coloradofansstore.com/Charlie_Blackmon_Pillow_Cover-124, Yency Alm...
Jun 24, 2021 - 12:31
Plundmark
Hi,
Does anyone have a full script for disabling the Auto-lock timer function (in Settings/Display & Brightness) on iPhone?
My experience w...
Jun 21, 2021 - 03:56
johnnhoj
'''Especially for San Francisco and NYC, or any city with too much dodo, this generates a MIDI file with random black keys, using the midiut...
Jun 16, 2021 - 11:40
charolette
**Build your own management interface:** Creating your own [audio conference system](https://blog.mirrorfly.com/build-an-audio-conferencing-...
Jun 15, 2021 - 20:14
frankL
I am trying to pick a photo from my iphone camera roll and then store the location of the photo in a csv file. Then be able to open the csv...
Jun 14, 2021 - 09:26
kyorokarasu
I'm making a sound pitch study app.
To repeat the program I used 'while and break' statement at first, but it didn't work in the 'scene'.
S...
Jun 12, 2021 - 23:29
Shock9616
I've been wondering for a while if there are any plans to release any more updates for Pythonista. I can't help but notice that the current ...
Jun 11, 2021 - 19:25
RocketBlaster05
I'm making a minigame for my app and I just wanted to clear up some things before I begin...
I will have two rectangles, each will be on se...
Jun 09, 2021 - 11:48
masscode
Thank you for the beautiful solution to my previous question:
https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/7129/get-all-photos-including-hidden-phot...
Jun 09, 2021 - 11:17
PeterG
Hi on my ipone old iphon 6 new iohone mini with (old?) pythonista 3 no multipov
Cation star avalable??? How to get it /(1/x) is annoying ...
Jun 08, 2021 - 07:13
lwb52
i don’t see a “lightening” key on the extra keyboard-line (and despite the document there are both a key for < and > )—how can i access the ...
Jun 06, 2021 - 20:38
talns100
Hey, when I execute a script and enters a number as input it automatically behaves as a string.
How to fix that? I can’t add inputs cuase of...
Jun 06, 2021 - 18:21
masscode
Hey guys,
I am trying to get all photos in a specific album including all hidden photos.
But the the code below does not include hidden pho...
Jun 06, 2021 - 18:14
thaiberian
I used stash to install networkx but I’m getting this error when running a simple script to create and draw a network with matplotlib.pyplot...
Jun 06, 2021 - 00:17
Robert_Tompkins
Unless somebody knows how to correct this.
Let me know if you can/cannot replicate this on your device.
Problem: Debugger window font color...
Jun 05, 2021 - 16:18
smiddleton
I was wondering if somebody could help me. I’m trying to write a script that will automatically select a specific group texts and market as ...
Jun 04, 2021 - 23:38
bethanybeachbum
Looking for best tutorials for Pythonista on YouTube or elsewhere on the Internet. Haven’t found anything satisfactory on simple Google sea...
Jun 03, 2021 - 13:55
jessiejameson07
[QuickBooks Error 6000](
https://www.quickbak.com/quickbooks-error-6000/) occurs when the company file is corrupted or when you try to open ...
May 31, 2021 - 09:00
Steven11
So I just started learning python and I hop back and forth from my iPhone, to iPad to laptop. I was using Sublime since that’s what’s the bo...
May 30, 2021 - 21:43
ozrhodes
Hello Folks
Apologies if this is not a new thread but I couldn't seem to find one relevant to chip in.
has anyone else encountered proble...
May 29, 2021 - 20:12
aldoblack
I am writing a script to upload files and photos into my Synology NAS server and during testing the script crashes after a period of time. I...
May 26, 2021 - 21:07
frankL
I've been looking at the photos module documentation and have managed some rudimentary scripts to access images on my iphone. The documenta...
May 26, 2021 - 04:19
mute1esk
I am new to Pythonista on my iPad and I am trying to access an excel file that i have in a folder on my ipad in the files folder. can anybo...
I am looking for an outliner tool (app) that would permit me to create an outline using either the Roman numeral (I. A. a., ii. ) or numeric...
May 24, 2021 - 14:19
Andy_Y
I have a strange behaviour. Sometimes I get an error:
module 'motion' has no attribute 'start_updates'
And I can't see why... If I try th...
May 24, 2021 - 09:24
jamesmchel7
HP Support Assistant is an application that makes it easier for users to detect an issue on their HP devices. Hence this application is only...
May 22, 2021 - 18:31
mieq
Pythonista's Snippets are great for .py files, but it doesn't seem to work for non-python files like js. Can we bring this feature to non-py...
May 21, 2021 - 05:52
Ayzar247
Hello, I am fairly new to python and pythonista.
I have a small problem, when writing a fhand=open() function for .txt file my app gives a ...
May 19, 2021 - 18:59
margusch
Hi guys!
Before I buy pythonista I'd like to ask if there is any possibility to build a application which gets triggered via shortcuts dail...
May 18, 2021 - 04:04
BurntRice
I need the type of code so that depending on which direction button was pressed last, the lasers fires in that direction. My code so far onl...
May 17, 2021 - 15:22
smiddleton
Hey guys,
I am trying to write a script that will activate the screen mirror shortcut on my iphone, for my Apple tv. I want to be able to "f...
May 15, 2021 - 04:28
RocketBlaster05
Hello! I figured I should make this a new post so more eyes can see it. I am attempting to modify the code of the default python 3 map API e...
May 12, 2021 - 12:28
hall120
Not very good at HTML and want to use python instead
[192.168.2.1](https://192-168-2-1.link/)
[tplinklogin](http://tplinklogin.info/)
[192.1...
May 08, 2021 - 11:12
Kevin254
I am very new to programming, and working on my first solo project that’s not part of a course or exercise. It’s just a text based collectio...
May 08, 2021 - 03:49
SasmitoAdibowo
While editing a long Python file (~150 lines) on an iPad mini with an external keyboard, the editing cursor sometimes jumps to the end of th...
May 07, 2021 - 15:15
RocketBlaster05
Hello! I am very new to objc and have been attempting to mess around with the Python 3 mapkit omz posted. I simply want to change the code s...
May 06, 2021 - 18:22
DavinE
Hello Guys,
I have a Question, is it Possible That Pythonista can Return the current wifi Name ? Or ssid Nummer to Check wich wifi is conn...
May 06, 2021 - 13:28
ramvee
Hi Friends,
After a long time, I was writing code in pythonista, to help learn, playing piano notes.
I am sure this may not be the optimal s...
May 05, 2021 - 10:05
BurntRice
I don’t know my code isn’t working, (I’m pretty new to this), and I need to fix this soon as this is a school project. Please help.
Here is ...
May 04, 2021 - 13:38
halloleooo
I use `dialogs.share_image(img)` to share an photo from Pythonista to other apps.
The photo is given as a PiL image and it seems to be shar...
May 03, 2021 - 10:05
sunxuemei
That said, afew of the instances where users are seeing these problems are unacceptable. The limitation on the number of people who can make...
May 01, 2021 - 13:25
Trinitylan
While updating the payroll or maintenance in the QuickBooks application you might come across [QuickBooks error 15215](https://www.quickbook...
Does anyone know a replacement for
```
objc_util.UIApplication.sharedApplication().applicationState()
```
I want to check right before you...