Using conda install within a python script

Question

According to this answer you can import pip from within a Python script and use it to install a module. Is it possible to do this with conda install?

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Answer 1

I know this question is quit old but I found that conda.cli.python_api and conda.api have are limited in the sense that they both don't have the option to execute commands like this:

conda export env > requirements.txt

So instead I used subprocess with the flag shell=True to get the job done. subprocess.run(f"conda env export --name {env} > {file_path_from_history}",shell=True) where env is the name of the env to be saved to requirements.txt.

Hope this helps someone.