Calling Python code from Gnome Shell extension

Question

I was looking for some time, but still can't find any documented way to call python functions from GnomeShell extension code. Is there any possibility to do that?

Answer 1

You can do it like this :)

const Util = imports.misc.util;
let python_script = '/path/to/python/script';
Util.spawnCommandLine("python " + python_script);

Answer 2

I don't know how to directly call a python function from Gnomeshell, but there is an alternative way. As gnomeshell is programmed with Javascript you could use a python to javascript compiler to translate the python functions you need.