Provide a custom setuptools command. #setuptools #distutils #setup.py

setup-example-custom-command.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages

from distutils.cmd import Command

class Foo(Command):

    description = "Run foo command"

    user_options = [
        ('baz=', None, 'Baz Option'),
        ('dry-run', None, 'Dry run'),
    ]
    
    def initialize_options(self):
        self.baz = -1
        self.dry_run = False

    def finalize_options(self):
        self.baz = int(self.baz)
        self.dry_run = bool(self.dry_run)

    def run(self):
        print 'Running foo with baz=%d, dry=%r' % (self.baz, self.dry_run)

setup(
    name='helloworld',
    ...
    cmdclass = {
        'foo': Foo
    },
    ...
    )