how to run python scripts with python packages on node.js app deployed on heroku

Question

i have an nodejs app deployed on heroku, i want to run some python scripts which depends on some packages like selenium on nodejs app deployed on heroku.

i have read about npm packages like 'node-python' and 'pyshell' and i have tested on localhost using 'node-python' to run the python scripts and i have installed all the require packages using pip, but i dont know how can i run these scripts on nodejs app which is deployed on heroku and how can i install all the required packages on which these scripts are dependent. Thank you.

Answer 1

You need to create your package.json file. That's where your app configuration and dependencies are defined.

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/deploying-nodejs