I use OS.Execute to run python code, but it takes a very long time to execute the code (about 15s always, whatever the code is). This is how my code looks like on Godot:
func post_message():
while thread.is_alive():
if send_message:
send_message = false
var time_start = Time.get_time_dict_from_system()
print("start: %02d:%02d:%02d" % [time_start.hour, time_start.minute, time_start.second])
var message = 'Hello there! How are you?'
var output = []
var process = OS.execute(interpreter_path, [message], output)
var time_finish = Time.get_time_dict_from_system()
print("finish: %02d:%02d:%02d" % [time_finish.hour, time_finish.minute, time_finish.second])
print("output: " + str(output))
At the same time, if I run the code on my computer or run it through OS.create_process, it executes quickly (definitely not 15s), how to fix this. Is it possible to get the output to the console in the OS.create_process function? Or is there another solution? Please help.
You should try the execution command inside a native shell.
Windows: cmd or powershell
Mac/Linux: bash or sh
So instead of python script.py args it becomes <shell> -c "python script.py args"
Another option is to debug a little more to understand the delay. You can have the execution command funnel stdrerr into the output or have it open a console window.
Maybe it’s because in the python code I’m getting data from the network (i.e. I’m waiting for a response to come to me). For some reason it takes quite a while for Godot to get a response (+10s from running locally)
That said, if I run simple code that doesn’t involve the network, the code executes instantly (or almost instantly, but still quite fast).
I found a more or less normal solution.
I use OS.create_process, the rest of the code as well, but I save the python script output to a file, and then in the Godot code I check to see if there is any new data (one line is stored in the file, then I save to a variable output and clear the file):
func post_message():
var time_start = Time.get_time_dict_from_system()
print("start: %02d:%02d:%02d" % [time_start.hour, time_start.minute, time_start.second])
var message = "Hello there! How are you?"
var file_name = "bot_answer.txt"
var process = OS.create_process(interpreter_path, [script_path, message, file_name])
var bot_answer = Global.read_data("user://bot_answer.txt")
while bot_answer.is_empty():
await get_tree().create_timer(1.0).timeout
bot_answer = Global.read_data("user://bot_answer.txt")
Global.clear_data("user://bot_answer.txt")
var time_finish = Time.get_time_dict_from_system()
print("finish: %02d:%02d:%02d" % [time_finish.hour, time_finish.minute, time_finish.second])
print("output: " + str(bot_answer))
In the end I got a satisfactory result (4-5s code execution as it should be, i.e. speed like a local run, perfect).
