Issue using Black formatter in PyCharm

Question

I am trying to setup the formatter "black" to work with PyCharm. I have tried setting it up with both the standard External Tools preferences and using the Files Watcher Plugin. Neither has worked for me.

I am getting these errors:

I have it installed in /Users/Scott/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/black.py and want it to run globally for all Python project files when I save.

This is how my preferences look:

I am new to Python and PyCharm and Stack Overflow for that matter, and am stilling setting this up. I appreciate your help.

Answer 1

Your problem is that you use .py file as a command. You need to add python to tell which program can execute this code.

Alternatively, you can use black executable if it is installed in your python environment.

Answer 2

You have to install Black using pip install black[d] not from pycharm console in a project but at your python directory then install from Pycharm>file>settings..>plugins, (BlackConnect plugin), and it will work for sure. about trigger this on save.

Pycharm Settings

or press shift + alt + b