Target types

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Run ./pants target-types. For more information on a particular target, run ./pants target-types --details=python_library, for example.

See Resources for information on the files, resources, and archive target types.

python_library

A library of non-test Python code.

Fields:

• name
• sources (default: ['*.py', '!*_test.py', '!test_*.py', '!conftest.py'])
• dependencies
• compatibility: A string for Python interpreter constraints on this target. This should be written in Requirement-style format, e.g. CPython==2.7.* or CPython>=3.6,<4. As a shortcut, you can leave off CPython, e.g. >=2.7 will be expanded to CPython>=2.7. If this is left off, it will default to --python-setup-interpreter-constraints.

pex_binary

An entry point to a Python executable runnable through Pex files.

Fields:

• name
• sources: the one file containing the executable. This may be left off if you include the source files as dependencies and explicitly configure the entry_point.
• dependencies
• compatibility: A string for Python interpreter constraints on this target. This should be written in Requirement-style format, e.g. CPython==2.7.* or CPython>=3.6,<4. As a shortcut, you can leave off CPython, e.g. >=2.7 will be expanded to CPython>=2.7. If this is left off, it will default to --python-setup-interpreter-constraints.
• entry_point: The entry point for the executable. Of the form "foo.bar:main", where foo.bar is the module name and main is a no-arg function. If the function name is omitted, the module itself is executed directly.
• platforms: An optional list of platform strings, such as linux_x86_64-cp-27-cp27mu or macosx_10.12_x86_64-cp-36-cp36m. This will cause the PEX to be compatible with the requested platforms.
• shebang: For the generated Pex, use this shebang.
• zip_safe: Whether or not this binary is safe to run in compacted (zip-file) form.

python_tests

Python test code.

Fields:

• name
• sources (default: ['*_test.py', 'test_*.py', 'conftest.py'])
• dependencies
• compatibility: A string for Python interpreter constraints on this target. This should be written in Requirement-style format, e.g. CPython==2.7.* or CPython>=3.6,<4. As a shortcut, you can leave off CPython, e.g. >=2.7 will be expanded to CPython>=2.7. If this is left off, it will default to --python-setup-interpreter-constraints.
• timeout: A timeout (in seconds) which covers the total runtime of all tests in this target. This only applies if the option --pytest-timeouts is set to True.

python_distribution

A Python setuptools distribution that can be uploaded to a package repo like PyPI.

Fields:

• name
• dependencies
• provides: The package metadata to pass to the setuptools setup() method.

See setup-py for details.