'google-cloud-firestore' distribution doesn't get added to PyInstaller build

Question

When I am trying to build an executable for my python script it gives me:

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The \'google-cloud-firestore\' distribution wa         


        

Answer 1

If you are not able to locate hooks-google.cloud.py in the PyInstaller package, you can try to locate it in:

C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib\hooks\stdhooks

or if you are using a virtual environment, you can look for _pyinstaller_hooks_contrib\hooks instead if you are using it to build the exe file.

If the error still persists, you can take a look at the build log to locate where hook-google.cloud.py is built from.

I hope this helps somebody out in the future as it works for me.

Answer 2

for two days, i have found the solution with three steps

FIRST

in hook-google.cloud add this code.

datas += copy_metadata('google-cloud-firestore')

root of hook-google.cloud.py ..

C:\Users\ASPIREone\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks

SECOND

make

hook-google-cloud-firestore.py

in root of:

C:\Users\ASPIREone\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks

and add this code

from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import copy_metadata, get_package_dir
datas += copy_metadata('google-cloud-firestore')
datas += copy_metadata('google_cloud_firestore')  #altlll

hiddenimports += ['google-cloud-firestore_v1']
#pythonhosted.org/pyinstaller/hooks.html#understanding-pyinstaller-hooks
#get_package_dir returns tuple (where pkg stored, abs path to pkg)
pkg_dir = 'C:/Users/ASPIREone/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/Lib/site-packages/google/cloud/firestore_v1'

datas += (pkg_dir, 'google-cloud-firestore')

don't forget to delete folder __pycache__ in your main project my main project is root of C:\Users\ASPIREone\PycharmProjects\amazon\parking-go

third

delete your app (example: main.exe) in root of:

C:\Users\ASPIREone\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Scripts\dist

go to command line

don't use pyinstaller.exe --onefile main.py but use

pyinstaller.exe --onefile --clean main.py

because m main proect in root folder so i write in command line:

pyinstaller.exe --onefile --clean C:\Users\ASPIREone\PycharmProjects\amazon\parking-go\main.py

you have to clean it and rebuild from first

it should work !

.........

if you have an error when your app running when retrieve data or write to firestore like this:

Exception ignored in: 'grpc._cython.cygrpc.ssl_roots_override_callback'
E0527 07:10:01.571000000  3672 src/core/lib/security/security_connector/ssl_util
s.cc:449] assertion failed: pem_root_certs != nullptr

it solved with this step:

copy file roots.pm into your main project or where you run your app

dir of roots.pm is

C:\Users\ASPIREone\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\grpc\_cython\_credentials\roots.pm

make hook-grpc.py and put this code

from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
datas = collect_data_files('grpc')

go to commandline

pyinstaller.exe --onefile --clean yourmainfile.py

it should work !

Answer 3

Recently i found a solution for this,hope this will fix your problem too.

Create two hook files:

1. hook-google.cloud.firestore.py
2. hook-grpc.py

In hook-google.cloud.firestore.py write below code and save it somewhere:

from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import copy_metadata
datas = copy_metadata('google-cloud-firestore')

In hook-grpc.py write below code and save it at same place:

from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
datas = collect_data_files ( 'grpc' )

Now copy paste both the files to :

C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks

If you still face the problem, Please use setuptools version 45.0.0 and then run pyinstaller and create your exe file by:

pyinstaller --clean --onefile yourfilename.py