Convert Python packages into a single script
Project description
Stickytape can be used to convert a Python script and any Python modules it depends on into a single-file Python script.
Since this relies on correctly analysing both your script and any dependent modules, this may not work correctly in all circumstances. I bodged together the code a long time ago for a specific use case I had, so many normal uses of Python imports are not properly supported. If you need to create a standalone executable from your Python script, I recommend using an alternative such as PyInstaller.
Installation
pip install stickytape
Usage
You can tell stickytape which directories to search using the --add-python-path argument. For instance:
stickytape scripts/blah --add-python-path . > /tmp/blah-standaloneOr to output directly to a file:
stickytape scripts/blah --add-python-path . --output-file /tmp/blah-standaloneYou can also point stickytape towards a Python binary that it should use sys.path from, for instance the Python binary inside a virtualenv:
stickytape scripts/blah --python-binary _virtualenv/bin/python --output-file /tmp/blah-standaloneStickytape cannot automatically detect dynamic imports, but you can use --add-python-module to explicitly include modules:
stickytape scripts/blah --add-python-module blah.utilBy default, stickytape will ignore the shebang in the script and use "#!/usr/bin/env python" in the output file. To copy the shebang from the original script, use --copy-shebang:
stickytape scripts/blah --copy-shebang --output-file /tmp/blah-standaloneAs you might expect with a program that munges source files, there are a few caveats:
Due to the way that stickytape generates the output file, your script source file should be encoded using UTF-8. If your script doesn’t declare its encoding in its first two lines, then it will be UTF-8 by default as of Python 3.
Your script shouldn’t have any from __future__ imports.
Anything that relies on the specific location of files will probably no longer work. In other words, __file__ probably isn’t all that useful.
Any files that aren’t imported won’t be included. Static data that might be part of your project, such as other text files or images, won’t be included.
