Python ctypes

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Overview

Table of Contents ctypes — A foreign function library for Python ctypes tutorial Loading dynamic link libraries Accessing functions from loaded dlls Calling functions Fundamental data types Calling functions, continued Calling variadic functions Calling functions with your own custom data types Specifying the required argument types (function prototypes) Return types Passing pointers (or: passing parameters by reference) Structures and unions Structure/union alignment and byte order Bit fields in structures and unions Arrays Pointers Type conversions Incomplete Types Callback functions Accessing values exported from dlls Surprises Variable-sized data types ctypes reference Finding shared libraries Loading shared libraries Foreign functions Function prototypes Utility functions Data types Fundamental data types Structured data types Arrays and pointers Previous topic errno — Standard errno system symbols Next topic Command-line interface libraries This page Report a bug Show source « Navigation index modules | next | previous | Python » 3.13.18 Documentation » The Python standard library » Generic Operating System Services » ctypes — A foreign function library for Python | Theme Auto Light Dark | © Copyright 2001-2026, Python Software Foundation. — ctypes — A foreign function library for Python — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

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ctypes — A foreign function library for Python — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

The Python global interpreter lock is released before calling any function exported by these libraries, and reacquired afterwards. class ctypes. (new this job) — source

Warning ctypes provides low-level access to native libraries and the process’s memory, bypassing Python’s safety mechanisms and allowing execution of arbitrary native code. (new this job) — source

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