Template for custom Distutils commands with dependencies

distutils_command_template.py

"""Template for custom Distutils commands with dependencies"""
from distutils.core import Command

commands = {}

try:
    from third_party_package import something

    class MyCommand(Command):
        description = "Use ThirdPartyPackage™ to frob the project source"
        user_options = []

        def initialize_options(self):
            """Use this to set option defaults before parsing."""
            pass

        def finalize_options(self):
            """Code to validate/modify command-line/config input goes here."""
            pass

        def run(self):
            """Your actual command functionality goes here."""
            something.frob(self.distribution.packages)

    commands['frobnicate'] = MyCommand
except ImportError:
    pass

# from distutils.core import setup
# setup(..., cmdclass=commands)