Python modules for monitor scripts?

Deadline
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I’m writing a monitor script with a dependency on a Python package not included with Deadline, and Monitor is erroring out on the import line in the script. Here’s what I’ve done:

I installed the package to the repository/custom/python_modules/site-packages folder with

pip install myPythonPackage --ignore-installed --target="\\repositoryShare\DeadlineRepository10\custom\python_modules\site-packages"

and verified the package is now in that location and that that path is in my repo options Python Settings.

In the console I get

FranticX.Scripting.PythonNetException: ModuleNotFoundError : No module named 'myPythonPackage'

When I run it however. What am I doing wrong?

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Could you print from within the script whether the site-packages folder is in sys.path?
Haven’t used this mechanism but sounds cool.

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You might also need to restart your Monitor to force it to pull in the additional modules you’ve listed in the Monitor under Tools → Configure Repository Options → Python Settings.

I’d also try adding the myPythonPackage folder directly in the Python Settings versus just \\repositoryShare\DeadlineRepository10\custom\python_modules like I’m assuming you’ve got now. It could be that the import isn’t properly diving into the directory.

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Adding the specific path to the module in Deadline’s Python path helped, but immediately became a very similar DLL loading error.

This appears to be down to the specific Python package I’m trying to use - pywin32. That package includes DLLs that the install script wants to write to the Windows folder and I don’t have admin rights on the repository machine.

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Could you show the error? A dll load error often means that you are missing a dependency (e.g. a needed version of msvc redistributable).

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OK, I managed to get pywin32 working as follows:

import os, sys, errno
# appending system PATH so pywin32 can find its DLLs
# since they aren't installed to \system32
pywin32_dll_path = os.path.abspath(r'\\[repository share]\DeadlineRepository10\custom\python_modules\site-packages\pywin32_system32')
os.environ['PATH'] = pywin32_dll_path + ";" + os.environ['PATH']
from win32com.client import Dispatch

THEN the following paths needed to be added to the repository’s search path to resolve all the module dependencies:

//RepositoryShare/DeadlineRepository10/custom/python_modules/site-packages/win32
//RepositoryShare/DeadlineRepository10/custom/python_modules/site-packages/win32/lib
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