Call FME workbench from Python: FMEWorkspaceRunner

buffer_single_shapefile_diff_param_values.py

import sys
sys.path.append(r"C:\Program Files (x86)\FME\fmeobjects\python27")
import fmeobjects

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def buffer_single_shapefile_diff_param_values():
    """
    Processes the same shapefile specified in the FME workbench project
    creating multiple output shapefiles with the distance appended to the
    output file.
    The source shapefile path and the output folder path are hardcoded in
    the workbench; two parameters are published in the workbench - one
    for the the output shapefile name and another one for the distance value.
    """
    try:
        wkspc_path = r"C:\GIS\fme\FMEWorkbenches\BufferForSameShapefile.fmw"

        wkspc = fmeobjects.FMEWorkspaceRunner()
        for dist in xrange(100,200,25):
            wkspc.runWithParameters(wkspc_path,{"Output_buffered_name":"Buffered_{0}m".format(dist),
                                                "OFFSET":"{0}".format(dist)})

    except fmeobjects.FMEException, err:
        print "FMEException: %s" % err
        sys.exit(1)