Building a proposal for an (official) high level python API

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Hi @pointhi
maybe you can have a look at @hyOzd work

Annular checking: How do I check if all my pads diameter is drill diameter +0.3 (or so)?

Hi @PCB_Wiz, let me clarify a few things. Kicad has a python api which is automatically created from the C++ API using a tool called SWIG. This API isn’t very pythonic, it feels like a c++ library and doesn’t have the ease of use and flexibility of python. So, some developers decided to create a wrapper around this API, called kicad-python. I believe their aim was to create a simpler and better documented scripting interface for kicad. Notice that kicad-python, doesn’t call the C++ API directl…

GitHub - hyOzd/kicad-python: Development of a new Python scripting API for...

He did already some improved implementation