Embed Jupyter using Python/C API

.gitignore

@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@ ninja.exe
 
 #Mesonbuild
 src/subprojects/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ include_directories(${RADARE2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 link_directories(${RADARE2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 
+find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU"
         OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
     add_definitions(-Wall -Wextra)
@@ -67,4 +71,5 @@ add_definitions("-DAPP_VERSION=\"${CUTTER_VERSION_FULL}\"")
 add_executable(cutter ${UI_FILES} ${QRC_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES} ${HEADER_FILES})
 qt5_use_modules(cutter Core Widgets Gui Svg WebEngineWidgets)
 target_link_libraries(cutter ${RADARE2_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(cutter ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
 

src/python/cutter_jupyter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+from notebook.notebookapp import *
+
+
+class CutterNotebookApp(NotebookApp):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.thread = None
+
+    def start(self):
+        """ see NotebookApp.start() """
+
+        super(NotebookApp, self).start()
+
+        self.write_server_info_file()
+
+        class NotebookThread(threading.Thread):
+            def __init__(self, notebook_app):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.notebook_app = notebook_app
+
+            def run(self):
+                self.notebook_app.run()
+
+        self.thread = NotebookThread(self)
+        self.thread.start()
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.io_loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()
+        if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+            # add no-op to wake every 5s
+            # to handle signals that may be ignored by the inner loop
+            pc = ioloop.PeriodicCallback(lambda: None, 5000)
+            pc.start()
+        try:
+            self.io_loop.start()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            self.log.info(_("Interrupted..."))
+        finally:
+            self.remove_server_info_file()
+            self.cleanup_kernels()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        super().stop()
+        self.thread.join()
+
+    @property
+    def url_with_token(self):
+        return url_concat(self.connection_url, {'token': self.token})
+
+
+def start_jupyter():
+    app = CutterNotebookApp()
+    app.initialize()
+    app.start()
+    return app

src/utils/JupyterConnection.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+#include <Python.h>
+
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonObject>
@@ -9,59 +11,42 @@
 
 JupyterConnection::JupyterConnection(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
-    process = nullptr;
 }
 
 JupyterConnection::~JupyterConnection()
 {
-    cmdServer->stop();
+    if (cutterNotebookAppInstance)
-    process->terminate();
+    {
-}
+        PyEval_RestoreThread(pyThreadState);
 
-const char *jupyterPyCode = "import sys\n"
+        auto stopFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(cutterNotebookAppInstance, "stop");
-        "from notebook.notebookapp import *\n"
+        PyObject_CallObject(stopFunc, nullptr);
-        "\n"
+        Py_DECREF(cutterNotebookAppInstance);
-        "\n"
+
-        "class CutterNotebookApp(NotebookApp):\n"
+        Py_FinalizeEx();
-        "    def start(self):\n"
+    }
-        "        \"\"\" see NotebookApp.start() \"\"\"\n"
+
-        "\n"
+    cmdServer->stop();
-        "        super(NotebookApp, self).start()\n"
+}
-        "\n"
-        "        self.write_server_info_file()\n"
-        "\n"
-        "        if self.token and self._token_generated:\n"
-        "            url = url_concat(self.connection_url, {'token': self.token})\n"
-        "            sys.stdout.write(url + \"\\n\")\n"
-        "            sys.stdout.flush()\n"
-        "\n"
-        "        self.io_loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()\n"
-        "        if sys.platform.startswith('win'):\n"
-        "            # add no-op to wake every 5s\n"
-        "            # to handle signals that may be ignored by the inner loop\n"
-        "            pc = ioloop.PeriodicCallback(lambda: None, 5000)\n"
-        "            pc.start()\n"
-        "        try:\n"
-        "            self.io_loop.start()\n"
-        "        except KeyboardInterrupt:\n"
-        "            self.log.info(_(\"Interrupted...\"))\n"
-        "        finally:\n"
-        "            self.remove_server_info_file()\n"
-        "            self.cleanup_kernels()\n"
-        "\n"
-        "\n"
-        "if __name__ == \"__main__\":\n"
-        "    CutterNotebookApp.launch_instance()";
 
 void JupyterConnection::start()
 {
-    process = new QProcess(this);
+    Py_Initialize();
-    connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, &JupyterConnection::readStandardError);
+    PyEval_InitThreads();
-    connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardOutput, this, &JupyterConnection::readStandardOutput);
-    connect(process, &QProcess::errorOccurred, this, [](QProcess::ProcessError error){ qWarning() << "Jupyter error occurred:" << error; });
-    process->start("python3", {"-c", jupyterPyCode});
 
-    QThread *cmdServerThread = new QThread(this);
+    cutterJupyterModule = PyImport_ImportModule("cutter_jupyter");
+    auto startFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(cutterJupyterModule, "start_jupyter");
+    cutterNotebookAppInstance = PyObject_CallObject(startFunc, nullptr);
+    auto urlWithToken = PyObject_GetAttrString(cutterNotebookAppInstance, "url_with_token");
+    auto asciiBytes = PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(urlWithToken);
+    emit urlReceived(QString::fromUtf8(PyBytes_AsString(asciiBytes)));
+    Py_DECREF(asciiBytes);
+    Py_DECREF(urlWithToken);
+
+    pyThreadState = PyEval_SaveThread();
+
+
+    cmdServerThread = new QThread(this);
     cmdServer = new CommandServer();
     cmdServer->moveToThread(cmdServerThread);
     connect(cmdServer, &CommandServer::error, this, [](QString err){ qWarning() << "CmdServer error:" << err; });
@@ -70,17 +55,4 @@ void JupyterConnection::start()
     connect(cmdServer, SIGNAL (finished()), cmdServer, SLOT (deleteLater()));
     connect(cmdServerThread, SIGNAL (finished()), cmdServerThread, SLOT (deleteLater()));
     cmdServerThread->start();
-}
-
-void JupyterConnection::readStandardError()
-{
-    auto data = process->readAllStandardError();
-    printf("Jupyter stderr: %s\n", data.constData());
-}
-
-void JupyterConnection::readStandardOutput()
-{
-    auto data = process->readAllStandardOutput();
-    printf("Jupyter stdout: %s\n", data.constData());
-    emit urlReceived(data);
 }

src/utils/JupyterConnection.h

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 #include <QProcess>
 #include "CommandServer.h"
 
+struct _object;
+typedef _object PyObject;
+
+struct _ts;
+typedef _ts PyThreadState;
+
 class JupyterConnection : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -18,12 +24,13 @@ signals:
     void urlReceived(const QString &url);
 
 private:
-    QProcess *process;
     CommandServer *cmdServer;
+    QThread *cmdServerThread;
 
-private slots:
+    PyObject *cutterJupyterModule = nullptr;
-    void readStandardError();
+    PyObject *cutterNotebookAppInstance = nullptr;
-    void readStandardOutput();
+
+    PyThreadState *pyThreadState = nullptr;
 };
 
 #endif //JUPYTERCONNECTION_H