setup.py

PROJECT_METADATA = "project.json"

def createProjConfFile(confDict):
    confPath = here + os.sep + "crawl_me" + os.sep + "__projconf__.py"
    confFile = open(confPath, "w")
    confFile.write("#this file is generated by setup.py, please don't change it.\n")
    confFile.write("\n")
    confFile.write("projConf = ")
    confFile.write(json.dumps(confDict))
    confFile.close()


import json, os, codecs
here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
proj_conf = json.loads(open(os.path.join(here, PROJECT_METADATA)).read())
createProjConfFile(proj_conf)

long_description = proj_conf["description"]
if os.path.exists("README.txt") and os.path.exists("CHANGELOG.txt"):
    README = codecs.open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt'), "r", "utf8").read()
    CHANGELOG = codecs.open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGELOG.txt'), "r", "utf8").read()
    long_description = README + "\n\n" + CHANGELOG

from setuptools import setup, find_packages

setup(
    name = proj_conf["name"],
    version = proj_conf["version"],

    packages = find_packages(),
    install_requires = ['pyquery>=1.2.5'],

    author = proj_conf["author"],
    author_email = proj_conf["author_email"],
    url = proj_conf["url"],
    license = proj_conf["license"],

    description = proj_conf["description"],
    classifiers = proj_conf["classifiers"],
    keywords = proj_conf["keywords"],

    test_suite = 'tests',

    long_description = long_description,

    platforms = 'any',
    include_package_data = True,

    entry_points = {
        'console_scripts': proj_conf["console_scripts"]
    }
)