Can't get the IPYthon ipapi object working

[Robert Kern]

On 2009-02-18 15:49, beetlecube wrote:
> Hi , I found out from a random google search that I could use IPython
> to automatically import modules so that I could test Django views.
>
> I downloaded it (WIN XP), installed it.  I'm able to import it, but I
> just can't seem to get the object working.
>
> The code:
> -----------------------------------
> try:
>      import IPython.ipapi
>      ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
>      a = ip.options
>      ip.ex('import os')
>
> except Exception,msg:
>      print "Message: ", msg
> -------------------------------------------
>
> I get: ' Message:  'NoneType' object has no attribute 'options' '
>
> If I remove the ip.options statement, it will say the same thing about
> attribute 'ex'

This needs to be run in the context of a running instance IPython, not just any 
other module. That kind of code is usually put into your c:\Documents and 
Settings\username\_ipython\ipy_user_conf.py file.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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