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(quickstart)=
# Getting started
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## Try it online
Try Pyodide in a [REPL](../console.html){.external} directly in your browser
(no installation needed).
## Setup
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There is a [complete example](complete-example) that you can copy & paste
into an html file below. To include Pyodide in your project you can use the
following CDN URL:
```text
{{PYODIDE_CDN_URL}}pyodide.js
```
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You can also download a release from [GitHub
releases](https://github.com/pyodide/pyodide/releases) or build Pyodide
yourself. See {ref}`downloading_deploying` for more details.
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The `pyodide.js` file defines a single async function called
{js:func}`~globalThis.loadPyodide` which sets up the Python environment
and returns {js:mod}`the Pyodide top level namespace <pyodide>`.
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```pyodide
async function main() {
let pyodide = await loadPyodide();
// Pyodide is now ready to use...
console.log(pyodide.runPython(`
import sys
sys.version
`));
};
main();
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```
## Running Python code
Python code is run using the {js:func}`pyodide.runPython` function. It takes as
input a string of Python code. If the code ends in an expression, it returns the
result of the expression, translated to JavaScript objects (see
{ref}`type-translations`). For example the following code will return the
version string as a JavaScript string:
```pyodide
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pyodide.runPython(`
import sys
sys.version
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`);
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```
After importing Pyodide, only packages from the standard library are available.
See {ref}`loading_packages` for information about loading additional packages.
(complete-example)=
## Complete example
Create and save a test `index.html` page with the following contents:
```html-pyodide
<!doctype html>
<html>
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<head>
<script src="{{PYODIDE_CDN_URL}}pyodide.js"></script>
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</head>
<body>
Pyodide test page <br>
Open your browser console to see Pyodide output
<script type="text/javascript">
async function main(){
let pyodide = await loadPyodide();
console.log(pyodide.runPython(`
import sys
sys.version
`));
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pyodide.runPython("print(1 + 2)");
}
main();
</script>
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</body>
</html>
```
## Alternative Example
```html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="{{PYODIDE_CDN_URL}}pyodide.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>
You can execute any Python code. Just enter something in the box below and
click the button.
</p>
<input id="code" value="sum([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])" />
<button onclick="evaluatePython()">Run</button>
<br />
<br />
<div>Output:</div>
<textarea id="output" style="width: 100%;" rows="6" disabled></textarea>
<script>
const output = document.getElementById("output");
const code = document.getElementById("code");
function addToOutput(s) {
output.value += ">>>" + code.value + "\n" + s + "\n";
}
output.value = "Initializing...\n";
// init Pyodide
async function main() {
let pyodide = await loadPyodide();
output.value += "Ready!\n";
return pyodide;
}
let pyodideReadyPromise = main();
async function evaluatePython() {
let pyodide = await pyodideReadyPromise;
try {
let output = pyodide.runPython(code.value);
addToOutput(output);
} catch (err) {
addToOutput(err);
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
```
## Accessing Python scope from JavaScript
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All functions and variables defined in the Python global scope are accessible
via the {js:attr}`pyodide.globals` object.
For example, if you run the code `x = [3, 4]` in Python global scope,
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you can access the global variable `x` from JavaScript in your browser's
developer console with `pyodide.globals.get("x")`. The same goes for functions
and imports. See {ref}`type-translations` for more details.
You can try it yourself in the browser console. Go to the [Pyodide REPL
URL](../console.html){.external} and type the following into the browser
console:
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```pyodide
pyodide.runPython(`
x = [3, 4]
`);
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pyodide.globals.get('x').toJs();
// >>> [ 3, 4 ]
```
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You can assign new values to Python global variables or create new ones from
Javascript.
```pyodide
// re-assign a new value to an existing variable
pyodide.globals.set("x", 'x will be now string');
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// add the js "alert" function to the Python global scope
// this will show a browser alert if called from Python
pyodide.globals.set("alert", alert);
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// add a "square" function to Python global scope
pyodide.globals.set("square", x => x*x);
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// Test the new "square" Python function
pyodide.runPython("square(3)");
```
## Accessing JavaScript scope from Python
The JavaScript scope can be accessed from Python using the `js` module (see
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{ref}`type-translations_using-js-obj-from-py`). We can use it to access global
variables and functions from Python. For instance, we can directly manipulate the DOM:
```python
import js
div = js.document.createElement("div")
div.innerHTML = "<h1>This element was created from Python</h1>"
js.document.body.prepend(div)
```