Creating projects from requirements.txt files

If you have an existing Python project that you want to add to the Platform, you can export a requirements.txt file to get a list of packages and versions to import into your Platform project, or you can type in the list of packages and versions manually.

Generating requirements.txt files

To generate a requirements.txt file:

• You can write out the requirements for an existing project to a requirements.txt file using one of the following commands at your command prompt:

# python2
python -m pip freeze > requirements.txt

# python3
python3 -m pip freeze > requirements.txt

Creating new projects

To create a project from requirements.txt:

1. Navigate to your organization and create a new project by clicking Build a Custom Runtime. You must choose Python as the language.
2. Click Import from requirements.txt in the Requested Packages panel.
3. Open the requirements.txt to use and copy and paste the content, or type in your requirements individually.

4. Click Import.

5. If any errors or mismatches are identified between the requirements you have defined in your requirements.txt file and the package and versions available on the Platform, you may be able to adjust the package versions individually to create a valid build request.
6. Click Commit Changes. In Requested Packages you will see each package listed, along with the requested version and the version selected by the Platform to fulfill the requirement.
7. Click View Status to start the build and view the build progress. It may take some time for the build to succeed or fail, but you will receive an email notification when the build finishes.
8. Once the build completes successfully, you have two options for accessing your build:
   1. You can download the installer(s) for your platform(s)
   2. Install and configure the new project using the State Tool.

Updating existing projects

To update an existing project using requirements.txt:

1. Navigate to the Python project you want to update.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click Import from requirements.txt in the Requested Packages panel.
4. Open the requirements.txt to use and copy and paste the content, or type in your requirements individually.

4. Click Import.

requirements.txt syntax

• You must specify one requirement per line.
• You can specify just the package name and let the Platform choose the version each time a build is created. The Platform will choose the latest version, unless a different version is required based on the other packages included in the project.
• You can provide requirement specifiers for individual packages using the standard pip requirement specifier syntax:

Requirement specifier syntax that is not applicable to the ActiveState Platform is not supported:

• Environment markers (e.g. SomeProject ==5.4 ; python_version < '2.7') are not supported. Instead, you should specify the appropriate package requirement specifier for your Platform project’s Python version.
• Direct references (e.g. SomeProject @ file:///somewhere/...) are not supported because all of the requirements for a Platform project must come from the Platform.