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Instructions to install the cefpython3 package, clone the repository and run the hello_world.py example:
pip install cefpython3==56.2
git clone https://github.com/cztomczak/cefpython.git
cd cefpython/examples/
python hello_world.py
Examples provided in the examples/ root directory are actively maintained:
- hello_world.py: basic example, doesn't require any third party GUI framework to run
- tutorial.py: example from Tutorial
- gtk2.py: example for PyGTK library (GTK 2)
- gtk3.py: example for PyGObject/PyGI library (GTK 3). Currently broken on Linux/Mac, see top comments in sources.
- qt4.py: example for PyQt4 and PySide libraries (Qt 4)
- tkinter_.py: example for Tkinter. Currently broken on Mac.
- wxpython.py: example for wxPython toolkit
If there are any issues in examples read top comments in sources to see whether this is a known issue with available workarounds.
Unit tests
There are also available unit tests and its usage of the API can be of some use. See main_test.py.
There are even more examples available, some of them are externally maintained.
- Kivy framework: see Kivy wiki page.
- Panda3D game engine: see Panda3D wiki page.
- PyGame/PyOpenGL: see gist by AnishN
- Screenshot example: see gist by stefanbacon
- Example of implementing ResourceHandler with the use of WebRequest object and WebRequestClient interface to allow for reading/modifying web requests: see the wxpython-response.py example in the cefpython31 branch.
- Old PyWin32 example: see pywin32.py in the cefpython31 branch
There are ongoing efforts to add these examples to the official examples/ directory, see issues in the tracker.