// Example of a Python object macro.

! version = 2.0

> object base64 python

import base64 as b64

mess = " ".join(args)

# Make this function work in Python3 as well.

import sys

if sys.version_info[0] == 3:

# Python3's Base64 requires bytes, not a str,

# so encode the str into bytes.

mess = mess.encode()

base = b64.b64encode(mess)

# Return the base64 result, decoded back into a str.

return base.decode()

else:

# Python2 is simple.

return b64.b64encode(mess)

< object

> object add python

# This function returns an int, and shows that the results

# from python object macros are always casted to str.

a, b = args

return int(a) + int(b)

< object

> object setvar python

# This function demonstrates using rs.current_user() to get

# the current user ID, to set a variable for them.

uid = rs.current_user()

var = args[0]

value = " ".join(args[1:])

rs.set_uservar(uid, var, value)

< object

+ encode * in base64

- OK: <call>base64 <star></call>

+ what is # plus #

- <star1> + <star2> = <call>add <star1> <star2></call>

+ python set * to *

- Setting user variable <star1> to <star2>.<call>setvar <star1> <star2></call>