zulip package: Add provision option for scripts.
If enabled in a script, this option will try to install dependencies
in the requirements.txt in the script's directory.
MODIFY
zulip/zulip/__init__.py
zulip/zulip/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def _default_client():
# type: () -> str
return "ZulipPython/" + __version__
-def add_default_arguments(parser, patch_error_handling=True):
+def add_default_arguments(parser, patch_error_handling=True, allow_provisioning=False):
# type: (argparse.ArgumentParser) -> argparse.ArgumentParser
if patch_error_handling:
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ def add_default_arguments(parser, patch_error_handling=True):
self.exit(2, '{}: error: {}\n'.format(self.prog, message))
parser.error = types.MethodType(custom_error_handling, parser)
+ if allow_provisioning:
+ parser.add_argument('--provision',
+ action='store_true',
+ dest="provision",
+ help="install dependencies for this script (found in requirements.txt)")
+
group = parser.add_argument_group('Zulip API configuration')
group.add_argument('--site',
dest="zulip_site",
@@ -221,6 +227,20 @@ def generate_option_group(parser, prefix=''):
def init_from_options(options, client=None):
# type: (Any, Optional[str]) -> Client
+
+ if options.provision:
+ requirements_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'requirements.txt'))
+ try:
+ import pip
+ except ImportError:
+ traceback.print_exc()
+ print("Module `pip` is not installed. To install `pip`, follow the instructions here: "
+ "https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/")
+ sys.exit(1)
+ if not pip.main(['install', '--upgrade', '--requirement', requirements_path]):
+ print("{color_green}Provisioning successful.{end_color}".format(
+ color_green='\033[92m', end_color='\033[0m'))
+
if options.zulip_client is not None:
client = options.zulip_client
elif client is None:

zulip package: Add provision option for scripts.

If enabled in a script, this option will try to install dependencies
in the requirements.txt in the script's directory.