How to integrate any Python lint with GitHub commit status API?

Question

Is there already a way to integrate one of Python lint programs (PyLint, PyChecker, PyFlakes, etc.) with GitHub commit status API? In this way Python lint could be automatically called on pull requests to check the code and provide feedback and code (and style).

Answer 1

You could use something like Travis-CI, and run pylint as part of your tests, along the lines of:

language: python
install: "pip install nose pylint"
script: "nosetests && pylint"

Of course that fails commits for minor stylistic violations - you'd probably want to disable certain messages, or use pylint --errors-only to make it less stringent

Answer 2

I had the same question, and just found this blog post describing a project called pylint-server for doing something similar (though triggered on Travis CI build events, not pulls).

From the README:

A small Flask app to keep keep track of pylint reports and ratings on a per-repository basis.

I haven't tried it yet, so I can't comment on its quality. If anyone tries it, please comment and let us know how you like it.