Import Toolbox Syntax Error

jacob_ekn

I've seen some other past posts about syntax errors with Import Toolbox, but I'm not sure what's causing the issue for me.

arcpy.ImportToolbox(r"C:\LAStools\ArcGIS_toolbox\LAStools.tbx")

I've tried it with the alias parameter filled out too, made sure there's an alias in ArcGIS Pro, but keep getting the following syntax error:

SyntaxError: expected '('

 I honestly have no idea where an open parenthesis is supposed to go. Anyone know any fixes for this?

jacob_ekn

So after stumbling across an old Google Groups discussion for LAStools, it turns out that this issue is specific to LAStools. My successful workaround was to use OS to run LAStools as a command like this:

import os

lidar_shp = r"C:\file_path\lidar.shp"
las_result = r"C:\file_path\lidar.las"
las_com = fr"C:\LAStools\bin\shp2las.exe -i {lidar_shp} -o {las_result}"
os.system(las_com)