Embedding Python in C++

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I have tried using Selenium with both the PythonQt and the Python.h libraries. I have a Ubuntu 16.04 platform using QT Creator 4.2.2 with Qt5.8.0. I can get everything setup with either interpreter and call a simple Python class for strings from Qt. However when I try and use Selenium I end up having problems (running py script for Selenium from the prompt works fine). For instance, using python.h When PyObject_GetAttrString(pModule, "browser") is called I get a segmentation fault. I am assuming that I need to load the selenium module or set the python path to it in Qt, but I am not clear on how to do this with multiple modules/paths. This is my python code browser.py:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

class browser():
def __init__(self):
self.driver = None
self.webelement = None
def getbrowser(self, name):
if name == "chrome":
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
elif name == "firefox":
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
def getpage(self,page):
self.driver.get(page)
def getsearchelement(self,elementname):
self.webelement = self.driver.find_element_by_name(elementname)
def getsearch(self,search):
self.webelement.send_keys(search + Keys.RETURN)
def stopbrowser(self):
self.driver.quit()

""" Following runs fine from prompt, crashes in PythonQt/python.h
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('https:\\search.yahoo.com')
elem = browser.find_element_by_name('p') # Find the search box
elem.send_keys('seleniumhq' + Keys.RETURN)
browser.quit()
"""

Here is the routine from my c++ code

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{

ui->setupUi(this);

// Doing it here for debugging
PyObject \*pName, \*pModule, \*pFuncSet, \*pValue, \*pClass, \*pInst, \*pArgs;
PyObject \*pGetBrowser, \*pGetPage, \*pGetSearchElement, \*pGetSearch, \*pStopBrowser;
// Initialize the Python Interpreter
Py\_Initialize();
PySys\_SetPath("/home/user/CppCode/StocksWeb/src/");
// Build the name object
pName = PyString\_FromString("browser");
// Load the module object
pModule = PyImport\_ImportModule("browser");
pClass = PyObject\_GetAttrString(pModule, "browser");
if(pClass != NULL && pModule != NULL ) {
    pArgs  = Py\_BuildValue("(  )");
    pInst = PyEval\_CallObject(pClass, pArgs);
    if ( pInst != NULL ) {
        pGetBrowser = PyObject\_GetAttrString(pInst, "getbrowser"