Pythonista Modules

The following modules have been created for Pythonista and provide iOS-specific functionality.

App Extensions

These modules provide functionality for Pythonista’s app extensions, like the scriptable on-screen keyboard and the share sheet extension.

• appex — Utilities for Pythonista’s Share Sheet Extension
• keyboard — Utilities for the Pythonista Keyboard
• shortcuts — Shortcuts Automation and URL Scheme Utilities

iOS Data

These modules provide access to various shared data sources on iOS, like the clipboard, photo library, address book, or reminders database.

• clipboard — Copy and paste
• contacts — Access the iOS Contacts Database
• keychain — Secure Password Storage
• photos — Photo Library Access on iOS
• reminders — Access to the iOS Reminders Database

Hardware and Sensor Data

These modules provide access to motion and location sensor data, and allow you to communicate with Bluetooth LE devices.

• cb — Connecting to Bluetooth LE Peripherals
• motion — Motion Sensor Data on iOS
• location — Geo-Location Services on iOS

User Interfaces and Graphics

• canvas — Vector Graphics
• dialogs — Easy-to-use UI Dialogs
• notification — Notifications on iOS
• scene — 2D Games and Animations
• ui — Native GUI for iOS

Miscellaneous

• console — Utilities for Console Output and Various System Services
• editor — Functions for scripting Pythonista’s text editor
• linguistictagger — Linguistic analysis
• objc_util — Utilities for bridging Objective-C APIs
• sound — Sound effects and music playback
• speech — Text-to-Speech on iOS