A simple embedded python interpreter

pyembed.c

// Demo a simple embedded python interpreter
// See this post for context: http://codito.in/notes-on-vim-python-interop
//
// Compile with: gcc $(python-config --cflags --ldflags) pyembed.c -o pyembed
// Tested on python 3.6 in arch linux
//
// See https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html for details of APIs.
//
#include <Python.h>

void run_command();

int main()
{
    Py_SetPythonHome(L"/usr");
    Py_Initialize();
    if (!Py_IsInitialized()) {
        printf("Failed to initialize python interpreter.");
    }

    run_command("import sys; print(sys.version)\n");

    run_command("import sys; print(sys.prefix); print(sys.base_prefix)\n");

    run_command("import sys; print(sys.path)\n");

    run_command("from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())\n");

    return 0;
}

void run_command(const char* cmd)
{
    // print header
    printf("\n");
    printf("\x1B[32m-- %s", cmd);

    // print command output
    printf("\x1B[0m```\n");
    PyRun_SimpleString(cmd);
    printf("\x1B[0m```\n");
}