Menu
I've created a python script that's intended to be used from the command line. How do I go about packaging it? This is my first python package and I've read a bit about setuptools, but I'm still not sure the best way to do this.
I ended up using setup.py with the key configurations noted below:
setup( .... entry_points=""" [console_scripts] mycommand = mypackage.mymodule:main """, .... ) Here's a good example in context.
390
In Python, arguments are passed to a script from the command line using the sys package. The argv member of sys ( sys. argv ) will store all the information in the command line entry and can be accessed inside the Python script. Python's getopt module can also be used to parse named arguments.
Place the files that you want to include in the package directory (in our case, the data has to reside in the roman/ directory). Add the field include_package_data=True in setup.py. Add the field package_data={'': [... patterns for files you want to include, relative to package dir...]} in setup.py .
Rather than using setuptools non standard way of proceeding, it is possible to directly rely on distutils setup's function, using the scripts argument, as stated here: http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-scripts
from distutils import setup setup( ..., scripts=['path/to/your/script',], ... ) It allows you to stay compatible a) with all python versions and b) not having to rely on a setuptools as an external dependency.
169
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
