pythonfinder 0.0.1.dev1

A cross-platform python discovery tool to help locate python on any system.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

$ pipenv install --pre pythonfinder

Install from Github:

$ pipenv install -e git+https://github.com/techalchemy/pythonfinder.git#egg=pythonfinder

Usage

Using PythonFinder is easy. Simply import it and ask for a python:

>>> from pythonfinder import PythonFinder
>>> PythonFinder.from_line('python3')
'/home/techalchemy/.pyenv/versions/3.6.5/python3'

>>> PythonFinder.from_version('2.7')
'/home/techalchemy/.pyenv/versions/2.7.14/python'

PythonFinder can even find beta releases!

>>> PythonFinder.from_version('3.7')
'/home/techalchemy/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0b1/bin/python'

Windows Support

PythonFinder natively supports windows via both the PATH environment variable and PEP-514 compliant finder which comes by default with python 3. Usage on windows becomes:

>>> PythonFinder.from_line('python')
"C:\\Program\\\\ Files\\Python36\\python.exe"

>>> PythonFinder.from_version('2.7')
"C:\\Python27\\python.exe"

>>> PythonFinder.from_line('py -3')
"C:\\Program\\\\ Files\\Python36\\python.exe"

Integrations

• Pyenv

• PEP-514

• Virtualenv

• Pipenv