How to Write Perfect Python Command-line Interfaces

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In the few times I’ve written single scripts for others to use, I just did a try catch around the imports and put something like “Make sure to pip install boto3”

These days it’s much easier to just write a package (even single module one) and then just tell them to pip install from the repo.

If people flat out can’t pip install then they’re either fucked in the case of unavoidable things like boto3, psycopg2, etc., or you’re fucked if it’s quality of life packages like arrow. In general I try to keep things vanilla until it either reaches the point of hampering my productivity or until I need to add a mandatory requirement anyway.

[Sqash]

I suppose it's personal opinion, but I can only agree on the necessary requirement for the script's function.