# MATLAB Engine API for Python

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-python/  
**Provider:** MATLAB — https://apis.io/providers/matlab/  
**Base URL:** https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref  
**Documentation:** https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html

MATLAB Engine API for Python is one of 13 APIs that [MATLAB](https://apis.io/providers/matlab/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Engine, Integration, and Python. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

Call MATLAB from Python, allowing Python programs to start MATLAB, execute MATLAB functions, and exchange data between Python and MATLAB.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **Documentation** — https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/get-started-with-matlab-engine-for-python.html
- **APIReference** — https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/apiref/matlab.engine.matlabengine-class.html
- **SDKs** — https://pypi.org/project/matlabengine/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/mathworks/matlab-engine-for-python
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/matlab/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other MATLAB APIs (12)

- [MATLAB Engine API for Java](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-java/)
- [MATLAB Engine API for C++](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-c/)
- [MATLAB Engine API for C and Fortran](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-c-and-fortran/)
- [MATLAB Engine API for .NET](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-net/)
- [MATLAB RESTful Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-restful-web-services/)
- [MATLAB Production Server RESTful API](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-production-server-restful-api/)
- [MATLAB Web App Server](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-web-app-server/)
- [MATLAB Data API for C++](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-data-api-for-c/)
- [MATLAB HTTP Interface](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-http-interface/)
- [MATLAB MEX API](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-mex-api/)
- [MATLAB Compiler SDK API](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/matlab-compiler-sdk-api/)
- [ThingSpeak REST API](https://apis.io/apis/matlab/thingspeak-rest-api/)

## Tags

Engine, Integration, Python

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