including external python libraries when uploading python files to github

Question

So I wrote some code in python that used the requests library. I am thinking of uploading the files onto github so other people can test out the file. Uploading the main is easy (just one .py) file, but how do I include the requests library?

Is there a way for me to also the requests library along with my .py file so they can immediately run the python file ? or should I tell them to also install requests through pip first?

you can install external libraries in a virtual environment and upload your environment folder. — salmanwahed, Sep 24 '14 at 14:51
interesting suggestion. Are there any guides on how to do that?? thanks! — user3277633, Sep 24 '14 at 15:03
I guess both install external libraries in a virtual environment and then uploading it — user3277633, Sep 24 '14 at 15:05
No, if you are familiar with `virtual environment`, `pip`, `git` you can do it. :) — salmanwahed, Sep 24 '14 at 15:07
yeah I found the link and am currently playing with it :) thanks! — user3277633, Sep 24 '14 at 15:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '14 at 15:19

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I suppose you have a folder which you have initialized with git. Now form go to that directory and create a virtual environment by the command,

virtualenv env

activate the virtual environment by the command,

source env/bin/activate

Now install external libraries in it with pip.

pip install requests

Yor python file my.py will be in the same folder where you initialized git using git init. structure will be like,

project
|----env
|    |----bin
|    |----include
|    |----lib
|    |----local
|----my.py

Now you can push the contents of the projcet in your repository with necessary libraries installed in a virtual environment.

answered Sep 24 '14 at 15:19

salmanwahed

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Hi, not sure if I am doing this right or nt, but there is no env folder in my project folder. What I have is Include, lib, and Scripts – user3277633 Sep 24 '14 at 16:26
what process did you follow? – salmanwahed Sep 24 '14 at 16:30
I first installed virtualenv using pip, then I call python -m virtualenv venv. In my newly created venv folder on my desktop, I see Include, Lib, and Scripts – user3277633 Sep 24 '14 at 16:32
create the virtual environment in your the folder that you are going to push in `git`. follow the instructions in my answer. – salmanwahed Sep 24 '14 at 16:36
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13206990/virtualenv-env-not-creating-bin-directory-in-windows-7 found the solution! – user3277633 Sep 24 '14 at 16:36
Yeah off-course. you are on windows machine. my bad. :) – salmanwahed Sep 24 '14 at 16:38

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