pyqgis - Getting dataProvider from vector layer outside QGIS

I'm using PyScripter to explore PyQGIS API because of it's very handy auto-completion function.

I've managed to get a handle on a PostGis vector layer by:

>>> from qgis.core import *
>>> uri = QgsDataSourceURI()
>>> uri.setConnection("","5432","","","")
>>> uri.setDataSource("public","","")

>>> vLayer=QgsVectorLayer(uri.uri(),"","postgres")
>>> vLayer


So far so good. My next step is to explore the layer's dataProvider.
>>> vLayer.dataProvider()
>>>

Why doesn't vLayer.dataProvider() yield anything, like in QGIS Python Console?
Do I need to initialize vLayer more?


 
Answer
 

You haven't setup your QGIS Python environment correctly.
At the start of your script you need to put these four lines in order to tell the QGIS libs where to look for providers.
qgishome = 'C:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis-dev\'
app = QgsApplication([], True)
QgsApplication.setPrefixPath(qgishome, True)
QgsApplication.initQgis() 

when you need to exit the QGIS session you should use:
QgsApplication.exitQgis()


I have a growing simple set of examples at https://github.com/NathanW2/pyqgis-playground which can help to understand the basics of getting something setup. See the canvas example








        
      





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