Import Error after installing pyotherside - qt

Question

I tried installing pyotherside from the ubuntu repos (packages qml-module-io-thp-pyotherside and pyotherside) as well as from the git repo.
But in when importing it in Python3 I keep getting ImportError: No module named 'pyotherside'.
Any knows why? What is the path where I should find pyotherside installed?
OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2

Answer 1

PyOtherSide is a library that uses the python code from QML and not vice versa, in your project you must the qml file and the python file. To run the program you must execute the qml, for example:
{your directory}
├── imageprovider.py
└── imageprovider.qml
imageprovider.py
import pyotherside
import math
def render(image_id, requested_size):
print('image_id: "{image_id}", size: {requested_size}'.format(**locals()))
# width and height will be -1 if not set in QML
if requested_size == (-1, -1):
requested_size = (300, 300)
width, height = requested_size
# center for circle
cx, cy = width/2, 10
pixels = []
for y in range(height):
for x in range(width):
pixels.extend(reversed([
255, # alpha
int(10 + 10 * ((x - y * 0.5) % 20)), # red
20 + 10 * (y % 20), # green
int(255 * abs(math.sin(0.3*math.sqrt((cx-x)**2 + (cy-y)**2)))) # blue
]))
return bytearray(pixels), (width, height), pyotherside.format_argb32
pyotherside.set_image_provider(render)
imageprovider.qml
import QtQuick 2.0
import io.thp.pyotherside 1.5
Image {
id: image
width: 300
height: 300
Python {
Component.onCompleted: {
// Add the directory of this .qml file to the search path
addImportPath(Qt.resolvedUrl('.'));
importModule('imageprovider', function () {
image.source = 'image://python/image-id-passed-from-qml';
});
}
onError: console.log('Python error: ' + traceback)
}
}
You open a terminal run:
qmlscene {your directory}/imageprovider.qml