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vavacars-data-utils
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Vavacars utils library.
To use the library, simply install it with pip or add into requirements.txt
python3 -m pip install --upgrade vavacars_data_utils
The library includes a series of common utilities we are using in Vavacars
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/prod.list | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list
apt-get update && ACCEPT_EULA=y DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y mssql-tools unixodbc-dev && pip install pymssql
First, update at least the version number in setup.cfg
Next, install build package in your environment:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
Then you can run python3 -m build to generate the distribution, this will generate the distribution files under dist/ folder. Check the folder as it may contain the files from the previous build.
To publish it we are using twine, so first install it:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade twine
And then you can publish it running (from this folder), it will ask you for credentials in the registry:
twine upload -r pypi dist/*
For more details, check: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/
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We found that vavacars-data-utils demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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