build.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from pathlib import Path
import pep517.build
import sys
import textwrap

# quick-and-dirty pep517 wrapper that handles projects without a pyproject.toml.

# Released under public domain, CC0, or MIT license, whichever you prefer.
# This means you can re-license it to whatever you want and don't need to give me credit.
# - @duckinator


def _ensure_pyproject_exists():
    pyproject_file = Path(Path.cwd(), 'pyproject.toml')
    print(pyproject_file)

    if not pyproject_file.exists():
        pyproject_file.write_text(textwrap.dedent("""\
            [build-system]
            requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
            build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
            """))


def build(args):
    _ensure_pyproject_exists()
    if not args:
        args = ['--binary', '--source', '.']
    pep517.build.main(pep517.build.parser.parse_args(args))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    build(sys.argv[1:])