I want to get python to output a png file

Question

I am currently trying to get a picture that I have, or even one on the web that I can link to, to output from my python code from an if statement.

Here's the code:

if c >= 50:
    print '\nYou have been mauled by a bear\n'
    # I want to output a picture of a bear here
    quit()

I have a counter for c, and if it hits 50 I want it to print out that You have been mauled by a bear, and then on the screen have a bear pop up, whether the bear image is just a file in the same folder, or if it links to a webpage that I have the bear image hosted at.

Is this possible?

How are you running this Python program? What's the environment? Command-line, web page, what? — John Kugelman, Nov 28 '12 at 04:35
It's just a raw .py file that i'm running in terminal, nothing special. There's no main script or anything along those lines either. — KevinShaffer, Nov 28 '12 at 04:37

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '12 at 04:42

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There are many ways to do this, I would use image module from PIL

from PIL import Image
im = Image.open("bear.png")
im.show()

Other ways would be to use one of the following: wxWindows, pyQt, pyGTK, or Tkinter

answered Nov 28 '12 at 04:42

matchew

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also, where would the image have to be stored? The same directory as the file? – KevinShaffer Nov 28 '12 at 04:44
@KevinShaffer you can store the image anywhere as long as you use the correct path, `im = Image.open(r"\some\dir\to\image\bear.png")`. – John Nov 28 '12 at 07:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '12 at 04:40

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On a Mac:

from subprocess import call
call(["open", "hi.jpg"])

This should also work on other systems if you substitute "open" with whatever program you use to open images.

answered Nov 28 '12 at 04:40

i love stackoverflow

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What program is standard for opening images on an ubuntu linux system? – KevinShaffer Nov 28 '12 at 04:44
Looks like it's "eog." I can't verify this for myself since I don't own an Ubuntu system. http://chrisjean.com/2009/02/17/easily-view-images-from-terminal-in-ubuntu/ – i love stackoverflow Nov 28 '12 at 05:01
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/110362/how-can-i-find-the-current-os-in-python – i love stackoverflow Nov 28 '12 at 05:06
Thanks, that's perfect. I got it to work as an if statement taking just a slice of the string. – KevinShaffer Nov 28 '12 at 05:27

I want to get python to output a png file

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