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Title: ctypes: need example how to pass raw data from Python
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Components: ctypes, Documentation Versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 2.7
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: amaury.forgeotdarc, docs@python, techtonik
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Created on 2011-07-03 08:02 by techtonik, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin.

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msg139675 - (view) Author: anatoly techtonik (techtonik) Date: 2011-07-03 08:02
ctypes documentation lacks an example, how to pass a raw data block from Python to a C function. For example, how to pass this chunk:

data = open('somefile', 'rb').read()

to this function:

int checkBuffer(LPSTR lpData, DWORD dwBufferLength);

?
msg139676 - (view) Author: Amaury Forgeot d'Arc (amaury.forgeotdarc) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-07-03 08:52
Can you suggest a patch?
msg139686 - (view) Author: anatoly techtonik (techtonik) Date: 2011-07-03 12:24
ISTM that this code works ok.


data = open('data.raw', 'rb').read()
ret = checkBuffer(data, len(data))


You need to make sure that checkBuffer doesn't try to modify memory though. For mutable memory blocks use create_string_buffer().
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