yapsy

import logging
#enables the logging used by yapsy
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
from yapsy.PluginManager import PluginManager
var = PluginManager()
#location where your plugin resides in
var.setPluginPlaces(['C:/Users/wouter/Documents/workspace/mysite/src/mysite/fingerprinting/plugins/osplugins'])
var.locatePlugins()
var.loadPlugins()
#category is determined by the object your plugins it inherit from
#Default means that everything from yapsy.IPlugin.IPlugin is accepted
#can be changed by adding parameter to the declaration of the pluginmanager
#http://yapsy.sourceforge.net/yapsy.PluginManager.PluginManager-class.html#__init__
#the list contains Plugininfo objects
#http://yapsy.sourceforge.net/yapsy.PluginManager.PluginInfo-class.html
list = var.getPluginsOfCategory("Default")
print list

for item in list:
    print "item:"
    print item
    #the pluginobject itself can be retrieved from PluginInfo
    #with .plugin_object
    pluginobject = item.plugin_object
    #now you can call the methods from your plugin
    pluginobject.test()

#get the plugin by name this returns the plugin (not the info)
#for the PluginInfo object -->getPluginByName("yournamehere")
plugin = var.activatePluginByName("WindowsScanner")
#again methods can be called
plugin.test()