Sharing an ArcMap Python Toolbox

Manu — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:19:16 GMT

I need to share/locally distribute an ArcMap Python Toolbox. I tried to proceed similarly to the description for ArcGIS Pro but I ran into some issues. Mainly, it did not include the .pyt file.

My Toolbox directory looks like this:

Toolbox ├ setup.py ├ Readme.txt ├ Example_data │ ├ Subdirectory_with_files_and_folders_0 │ └ Subdirectory_with_files_and_folders_1 ├── External │ ├ Script_to_be_run_externally_in_Python_3.py │ ├ Script_to_be_run_externally_in_Matlab.m │ └ Even_more_such_scripts.py ├── Spectral (some entire Python package I copied here from Github) │ └ All_files_and_subdirectories_of_this_additional_package └── Toolbox ├ Functions.py ├ Classes.py └ Toolbox.pyt

The following is my setup.py file:

import os from setuptools import setup def read(fname): return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read() setup(name='Toolbox', version='1.0', author='Me', description=("Some description"), long_description=read('Readme.txt'), python_requires='~=2.7.16', packages=['Toolbox', 'Spectral'], package_data={'Toolbox':['External/*', 'Example_data/*']} )

I tried to create a dist archive calling the Python executable of an ArcPro installation I also have on the machine (and no, I cannot simply switch to ArcPro with the entire project; using ArcMap was not my choice):

> O: > cd O:\path\to\my\toolbox > "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\python.exe" setup.py sdist

This is the first Python Package/Toolbox I am trying to distribute, so there might be major errors or violations of best practices. Perhaps there is a lot to change here? Any help appreciated.

topic Sharing an ArcMap Python Toolbox in ArcMap Questions

Sharing an ArcMap Python Toolbox