Method runPythonModule

desktop/src/main/helpers/python.ts:522–581

(
    moduleName: string,
    args: string[],
    mainWindow: BrowserWindow | null,
  )

  }

  async runPythonModule(
    moduleName: string,
    args: string[],
    mainWindow: BrowserWindow | null,
  ): Promise<string> {
    if (!this.SurferPythonPath) {
      throw new Error(
        'Python path is not set. Make sure to call findPython() before running a module.',
      );
    }

    const pythonPath = this.SurferPythonPath;

    // Quote arguments that contain spaces
    const quotedArgs = args.map((arg) =>
      arg.includes(' ') ? `"${arg}"` : arg,
    );

    console.log(
      `Executing: ${pythonPath} -m ${moduleName} ${quotedArgs.join(' ')}`,
    );

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      const process2 = spawn(pythonPath, ['-m', moduleName, ...quotedArgs], {
        shell: true,
        windowsVerbatimArguments: process.platform === 'win32', // This helps with Windows
      });

      let stdoutData = '';
      let stderrData = '';

      process2.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
        const output = data.toString().trim();
        stdoutData += output + '\n';
        console.log(`stdout: ${output}`);
        mainWindow?.webContents.send('console-output', output);
      });

      process2.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
        const error = data.toString().trim();
        stderrData += error + '\n';
        console.error(`stderr: ${error}`);
        mainWindow?.webContents.send('console-error', error);
      });

      process2.on('close', (code) => {
        if (code === 0) {
          mainWindow?.webContents.send(
            'console-completed',
            'Process completed successfully.',
          );
          resolve(stdoutData.trim());
        } else {
          const errorMessage = `Process exited with code ${code}\n${stderrData}`;
          mainWindow?.webContents.send('console-error', errorMessage);
          reject(new Error(errorMessage));
        }
      });