In today’s fast-evolving automation landscape, combining the power of UiPath with the flexibility of Python opens up a world of possibilities. While UiPath excels at orchestrating workflows and interacting with various applications, Python brings in advanced data processing, machine learning, and custom logic capabilities. Together, they form a robust automation duo.
Why Integrate Python with UiPath
UiPath is a leading RPA (Robotic Process Automation) platform, but certain tasks—like complex data analysis, predictive modeling, or working with APIs—can be more efficiently handled using Python. Integrating Python allows developers to:
- Perform advanced data manipulation using libraries like pandas and NumPy
- Implement machine learning models with scikit-learn or TensorFlow
- Automate web scraping with Beautiful Soup or Selenium
- Handle custom logic that’s difficult to model in UiPath alone
How to Integrate Python in UiPath
UiPath provides a Python Activities Pack that makes integration straightforward. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
1 – Install the Python Activities Pack
Go to Manage Packages
Search for UiPath.Python.Activities Install the package
These activities we will get after installing package
1. Configure Python Scope
Use the Python Scope activity to initialize the Python environment. You’ll need to specify:
The path to your Python executable The version (e.g., Python 3.8)
And working folder should be mentioned as a project folder
2. Use Python Activities
UiPath provides several activities to interact with Python scripts:
Load Python Script: Load a .py file
For the Input File we have to provide a python script file path which need to be executed. This activity loads the script into memory, allowing to invoke its functions later in the workflow and store the output as Variable (e.g. Value)
Invoke Python Method: Call a function from the loaded script
For the Inputparameters take the input from the user and for instance we will put the output value as it will invoke the function from the loaded script for name refers to the exact name of the function you want to invoke from the loaded Python script.
Result: The output returned by the Python function is stored in a UiPath variable (e.g., invoke Value) for further use in the automation process. The variable (e.g. invoke Value)
Run Python Script:
Execute a script directly
Here we directly keep the python code for executing if we don’t using invoke method and load script activity also we are giving file path for directly executing the python script
Get Python Object: Retrieve output from Python functions
In this for input we have to take output from previous activity (i.e. Invoke Python Method) and in the type argument we have to select in which type we are getting output and store that output in another variable (e.g. Result) and then use it as per requirement
Best Practices
Environment Management: Use virtual environments to manage dependencies Error Handling: Implement robust error handling in both UiPath and Python Logging: Log Python outputs for debugging and audit trails
Security: Validate inputs and sanitize data to avoid script inject
Final Thoughts
Integrating Python into UiPath workflows empowers automation developers to go beyond traditional RPA boundaries. Whether you’re building intelligent bots, processing unstructured data, or implementing predictive analytics, Python adds a powerful layer of flexibility and intelligence.