python_requirement
A Python requirement installable by pip.
This target is useful when you want to declare Python requirements inline in a BUILD file. If you have a requirements.txt file already, you can instead use the target generator python_requirements to convert each requirement into a python_requirement target automatically. For Poetry, use poetry_requirements.
See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.12/docs/python-third-party-dependencies.
Backend: pants.backend.python
requirements
Iterable[str]A pip-style requirement string, e.g. ["Django==3.2.8"].
You can specify multiple requirements for the same project in order to use environment markers, such as ["foo>=1.2,<1.3 ; python_version>'3.6'", "foo==0.9 ; python_version<'3'"].
If the requirement depends on some other requirement to work, such as needing setuptools to be built, use the dependencies field instead.
dependencies
Iterable[str] | NoneNoneAddresses to other targets that this target depends on, e.g. ['helloworld/subdir:lib', 'helloworld/main.py:lib', '3rdparty:reqs#django'].
This augments any dependencies inferred by Pants, such as by analyzing your imports. Use /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants dependencies or /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants peek on this target to get the final result.
See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.12/docs/targets#target-addresses and https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.12/docs/targets#target-generation for more about how addresses are formed, including for generated targets. You can also run /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants list :: to find all addresses in your project, or /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants list dir: to find all addresses defined in that directory.
If the target is in the same BUILD file, you can leave off the BUILD file path, e.g. :tgt instead of helloworld/subdir:tgt. For generated first-party addresses, use ./ for the file path, e.g. ./main.py:tgt; for all other generated targets, use :tgt#generated_name.
You may exclude dependencies by prefixing with !, e.g. ['!helloworld/subdir:lib', '!./sibling.txt']. Ignores are intended for false positives with dependency inference; otherwise, simply leave off the dependency from the BUILD file.
description
str | NoneNoneA human-readable description of the target.
Use /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants list --documented :: to see all targets with descriptions.
modules
Iterable[str] | NoneNoneThe modules this requirement provides (used for dependency inference).
For example, the requirement setuptools provides ["setuptools", "pkg_resources", "easy_install"].
Usually you can leave this field off. If unspecified, Pants will first look at the default module mapping (https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/release_2.12.1/src/python/pants/backend/python/dependency_inference/default_module_mapping.py), and then will default to the normalized project name. For example, the requirement Django would default to the module django.
Mutually exclusive with the type_stub_modules field.
resolve
str | NoneNoneThe resolve from [python].resolves that this requirement is included in.
If not defined, will default to [python].default_resolve.
When generating a lockfile for a particular resolve via the generate-lockfiles goal, it will include all requirements that are declared with that resolve. First-party targets like python_source and pex_binary then declare which resolve they use via their resolve field; so, for your first-party code to use a particular python_requirement target, that requirement must be included in the resolve used by that code.
tags
Iterable[str] | NoneNoneArbitrary strings to describe a target.
For example, you may tag some test targets with 'integration_test' so that you could run /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants --tag='integration_test' test :: to only run on targets with that tag.
type_stub_modules
Iterable[str] | NoneNoneThe modules this requirement provides if the requirement is a type stub (used for dependency inference).
For example, the requirement types-requests provides ["requests"].
Usually you can leave this field off. If unspecified, Pants will first look at the default module mapping (https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/release_2.12.1/src/python/pants/backend/python/dependency_inference/default_module_mapping.py). If not found and the requirement name starts with types- or stubs-, or ends with -types or -stubs, will default to that requirement name without the prefix/suffix. For example, types-requests would default to requests. Otherwise, will be treated like a normal requirement (see the modules field).
Mutually exclusive with the modules field.