Is there some trick to getting Whitebox GAT scripts to run the plugins?

Question

I'm trying to get a small script to run using Whitebox's Scripter:

print("Running script")

# data path
whiteboxdp = "/Users/analytics/dem_catchment/sites/Southwold/whitebox_files/"

# set local working directory
pluginHost.setWorkingDirectory(whiteboxdp)

# Calculate dem fill
base_dem = whiteboxdp + "Southwold_lidar_dem_2m_full.dep"
filled_dem = whiteboxdp + "SW_filled.dep"
flatIncrement = "0.0001"
args = [base_dem, filled_dem, flatIncrement]

# does nothing that I can see, no processing or output
pluginHost.runPlugin("FillDepression", args, False, False)

print("Script finished")

When I execute/run the script I just instantly get:

Running script
Script finished

No errors or other warnings. No content generated. I looked at the example by John Lindsay but I feel that I'm not using this correctly as it's not implementing any of the toolbox calls.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try either of these, pasting them right into the scripting window:

Mosiac with Feather

import os
try:
   separator = os.sep
   wd = pluginHost.getApplicationDirectory() + separator + "resources" + separator + "samples" + separator + "Vermont DEM" + separator
   pluginHost.setWorkingDirectory(wd)
   baseFile = wd + "Vermont DEM.dep"
   pluginHost.returnData(baseFile)
   appendFile = wd + "hillshade.dep"
   pluginHost.returnData(appendFile)
   outputFile = wd + "output.dep"
   resamplingmethod = "nearest neighbour"
   matchHistograms = "true"
   args = [baseFile, appendFile, outputFile, resamplingmethod, matchHistograms, '4.0']
   pluginHost.runPlugin("MosaicWithFeathering", args, False)
except Exception, e:
   print e
   pluginHost.showFeedback("Error during script execution.")
finally:
    print "I'm done!" 

Slope calc:

import os
try:
   separator = os.sep
   wd = pluginHost.getApplicationDirectory() + separator + "resources" + separator + "samples" + separator + "Vermont DEM" + separator
   pluginHost.setWorkingDirectory(wd)
   print(wd)
   basefile = wd + 'Vermont DEM.dep'
   pluginHost.returnData(basefile)
   outputFile = wd + "slope.dep"
   zFactor = "1.0"
   args = [basefile, outputFile, zFactor]
   pluginHost.runPlugin("Slope", args, False)
except Exception, e:
   print e
   pluginHost.showFeedback("Error during script execution.")
finally:
    print "I'm done!"