Freeze a program created with Python's `click` pacage

Question

I\'ve got a command line program that uses Python\'s click package. I can install and run it locally, no problem with:

pip install --editable . # (or leave out t         


        

Answer 1

I much prefer pyinstaller to the other alternatives, so I will cast an answer in terms of pyinstaller.

Starting click app when frozen

You can detect when your program has been frozen with pyinstaller, and then start the click app like:

if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
    cli(sys.argv[1:])

Building an exe with pyinstaller

This simple test app can be built simply with:

pyinstaller --onefile hello.py

Test Code:

import sys
import click

@click.command()
@click.argument('arg')
def cli(arg):
    click.echo("I AM WORKING (%s)" % arg)

if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
    cli(sys.argv[1:])

Testing:

>dist\test.exe an_arg
I AM WORKING (an_arg)