setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""The setup and build script for the lightning-python library."""

__author__ = 'github@mathisonian.com'
__version__ = '1.2.1'

# The base package metadata to be used by both distutils and setuptools
METADATA = dict(
    name="lightning-python",
    version=__version__,
    packages=['lightning', 'lightning.types', 'lightning.lib'],
    author='Matthew Conlen',
    author_email='github@mathisonian.com',
    description='A Python client library for the Lightning data visualization server',
    license='MIT',
    url='https://github.com/lightning-viz/lightning-python',
    keywords='lightning data data-viz',
)

# Extra package metadata to be used only if setuptools is installed
SETUPTOOLS_METADATA = dict(
    install_requires=open('requirements.txt').read().split(),
    include_package_data=True,
    package_data={'lightning.lib': ['template.html', 'embed.js', 'icon.png']}
)

def read(filename):
    return open(filename).read()

def description():
    return '\n'.join([read('README.md')])

def main():
    # Use setuptools if available, otherwise fallback and use distutils
    try:
        import setuptools
        METADATA.update(SETUPTOOLS_METADATA)
        METADATA['long_description'] = description()
        setuptools.setup(**METADATA)
    except ImportError:
        print("Could not import setuptools, using distutils")
        print("NOTE: You will need to install dependencies manualy")
        import distutils.core
        distutils.core.setup(**METADATA)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()