Tag: whl

This post will just be a how-to on creating a whl file.

You need the following files:

Manifest.in:

recursive-include <directory> *
recursive-exclude tests *.py

Requirements.txt:

This file just holds your packages and the version.

Setup.py

You remove pytest and coverage from your whl file because you don’t want those applications being required when you deploy your code.

from setuptools import find_packages
from distutils.core import setup
import os
import json

if os.path.exists('requirements.txt'):
    req = [line.strip('\n') for line in open('requirements.txt') if 'pytest' not in line and 'coverage' not in line]

setup(
    include_package_data=True,
    name=<app_name>,
    version=<app-version>,
    description=<app_desc>,
    install_requires=req,
    packages=find_packages(excude=["*tests.*","*tests"]),
    classifiers=[
        "Programming Language :: Python || <python_Version>",
        "License || OSI Approved :: MIT License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
    ],
    python_requires='>=<python_version>',
    package_dir={<directory>: <directory>},
)

To Check Your Whl File

Install package

pip install check-wheel-contents

Check WHL

check-wheel-contents <PATH_TO_WHL>\<filename>.whl

Install WHL

This will deploy to <PATH_TO_PYTHON>\Lib\site-packages\<directory>

<PATH_TO_PYTHON>\Scripts\pip3.7.exe install <PATH_TO_WHL>\<filename>.whl