Console Script Setup¶

Optionally, your package can include a console script using Click or argparse (Python 3.2+).

How It Works¶

If the ‘command_line_interface’ option is set to [‘click’] or [‘argparse’] during setup, cookiecutter will add a file ‘cli.py’ in the project_slug subdirectory. An entry point is added to setup.py that points to the main function in cli.py.

Usage¶

To use the console script in development:

pip install -e projectdir

‘projectdir’ should be the top-level project directory with the setup.py file.

The script will be generated with output for no arguments and –help.

--help: show help menu and exit

Known Issues¶

Using Click, installing the project in a development environment using:

python setup.py develop

will not set up the entry point correctly. This is a known issue with Click. The following will work as expected:

python setup.py install
pip install mypackage

Adjust ‘mypackage’ to your project name.

More Details¶

You can read more about Click at: http://click.pocoo.org/