Import Lua modules directly from within Python.

Once lua_imports.lua_importer has been registered, write an import statement in your Python code, referring to your Lua module.

foo.lua

return {
    say_hello = function(person)
        print("Hello, " .. person)
    end
}

bar.py

import foo

foo.say_hello("World")

lua_importer may be registered within Python code:

from lua_imports import lua_importer

lua_importer.register()

(Note that this must come before any Lua imports)

Alternatively, to register lua_importer environment-wide, create a lua-imports.pth file in your environment's site-packages folder with the following contents:

import lua_imports; lua_imports.lua_importer.register()

This module wraps Lupa, and so comes with all the same caveats about Lua vs. Python data types.

Install and update using pip:

pip install lua_imports