{"id":300,"date":"2021-04-03T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T07:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spike.sh\/2021\/04\/03\/how-to-create-a-pip-package-for-python\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:39:19","slug":"how-to-create-a-pip-package-for-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spike.sh\/how-to-create-a-pip-package-for-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Pip Package for Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Python is one of the most popular languages in the world, used for everything from data science to web applications. And one of the reasons is the rich library of packages available via its package management system called pip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this post, we will learn how to create our own Python package and upload it to the Python Package Index where millions of developers can access it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Create your project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create your Python project with the following structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>myproject\/\n    -- src\/\n        -- hello_package\/\n            -- __init__.py\n    -- pyproject.toml\n    -- setup.cfg\n    -- README.md<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-end: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>hello_package<\/em>: This is the package directory and should be created inside the <em>src<\/em> directory. 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Let&#8217;s add a simple method that prints hello on the console. Copy the code below and paste it in the <em>__init__.py <\/em>file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>def hello():\n    print(\"Hello! 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Inside your account, <a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/manage\/account\/token\/\">create a new API token<\/a>. Copy this token once created because it will be shown only once. <strong>This token will be used as password later. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, install <em>twine <\/em>package, and use it to upload the packages in <em>dist<\/em> directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-end: markdown--><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ python3 -m twine upload dist\/*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-end: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it! If all goes well, your packages will be uploaded to the package index and you will be shown the URL of the newly uploaded package. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s now install and test it. <strong>Use the package name that you chose in setup.cfg above, which could be different from the one I use here. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ pip install hello-package<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-end: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside another Python file in your project, you can import the package and use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># test.py\n\n# Import package\nfrom hello_package import hello\n\n# Call function\nhello()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--kg-card-end: markdown--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see, it&#8217;s easy to get started with distributing your software via pip for Python developers. 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