py-mkopensource

py-mkopensource is a program for generating reports of the libraries used by a Python application, in order to be in compliance with the attribution requirements of various opensource licenses.

py-mkopensource takes as input the dependencies generated by pip show, and produces a report in either JSON or markdown output.

Running

py-mkopensource requires pip and pip-tools.

To generate the list of dependencies from requirements.txt, run the following commands:

pip3 --disable-pip-version-check install -r requirements.txt
pip3 --disable-pip-version-check freeze --exclude-editable | cut -d= -f1 | xargs pip show | sed 's/^---$//' >dependenncies.txt
echo '' >>dependenncies.txt
cat dependenncies.txt | ./py-mkopensource

Command line options

Output type

Parameter --output-type controls the output format.

--output-type=markdown

Program outputs dependency information in Markdown format.

This is the default value.

--output-type=json

Program outputs dependency information in JSON format