ogr2ogr Python bindings example

gistfile1.py

import ogr2ogr

import string
import sys

def main():
  #note: main is expecting sys.argv, where the first argument is the script name
  #so, the argument indices in the array need to be offset by 1
  ogr2ogr.main(["","-f", "KML", "out.kml", "data/san_andres_y_providencia_administrative.shp"])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()