Call Python function from Fortran/C

Question

I am writing a Fortran code and I would like to use some special functions and methods from Python libraries. This is a Python code:

from mpmath import *
from scipy.optimize import *

def g(A,B,t):   
   return newton(lambda x: (x - A*polylog(1.5, B*exp(-t*x))), 0.0)

In fortran code I would like to pass real values A,B,t and get in return the value of g(A,B,t) (possibly complex). This can also be done in C.

I would like to mention that mixing Python with other languages is something new to me.

Answer 1

SOLUTION

In case someone is interested I have solved this problem. The following was of great help: stackoverflow and yolinux.

rootC.c

#include "rootC.h"
#include <Python.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void Initialize ()
{
    Py_Initialize();
}

void Finalize ()
{
    Py_Finalize();
}

void root_(double* A, double* B, double* t, double* x)
{
    PyObject *pName, *pModule, *pFunc;
    PyObject *pArgs, *pValue, *sys, *path;
    static int i;

    if (i == 0)
    {    
        ++i;
        Initialize();
        atexit(Finalize);
    }

    sys  = PyImport_ImportModule("sys");
    path = PyObject_GetAttrString(sys, "path");
    PyList_Append(path, PyString_FromString("."));

    pName = PyString_FromString("rootPY");
    pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);

    if (!pModule)
    {
        PyErr_Print();
        printf("ERROR in pModule\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    pFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(pModule, "root");
    pArgs = PyTuple_New(3);
    PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 0, PyFloat_FromDouble((*A)));
    PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 1, PyFloat_FromDouble((*B)));
    PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 2, PyFloat_FromDouble((*t)));

    pValue = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
    *x     = PyFloat_AsDouble(pValue);
}

rootC.h

#ifndef ROOT_H_
#define ROOT_H_

void Initialize();
void Finalize();
void root_(double*, double*, double*, double*);

#endif

rootPY.py

from mpmath import polylog, exp
from scipy.optimize import newton

def root(A,B,t):   
    return abs(newton(lambda x: (x - A*polylog(1.5, B*exp(-t*x))), 0.0))

rootF.F90

program main
   implicit none
   real*8 A, B, t, x
   A = 0.4d0
   B = 0.3d0
   t = 0.1d0

   call root(A,B,t,x)

   write(*,*) x

end program main

main.c

#include "rootC.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main() 
{
    double A = 0.4, B = 0.3, t = 0.1, x = 0.0;

    root_(&A,&B,&t,&x);

    printf("A = %f, B = %f, t = %f\n", A, B, t);

    printf("x = %.15f\n", x);

    return 0;
}

Makefile

CC = gcc
FC = gfortran
CFLAGS = -I/usr/include/python2.7
LFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib -lpython2.7 -lm

.PHONY: all clean

all: rootF main

rootF: rootF.o rootC.o
    $(FC) $^ -o $@ $(LFLAGS)

rootF.o: rootF.F90
    $(FC) -c $< -o $@

main: main.o rootC.o
    $(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LFLAGS)

main.o: main.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

rootC.o: rootC.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

clean:
    rm -f *.o