setup.py

""" Setup script for installation. """

import os
from setuptools import setup

# Utility function to read files. Used for the long_description.
def read(fname):
    """ Easily read the data from a file for use in setup.py. """
    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()

def get_version():
    """ Extract the version of the package from the CHANGES file. """
    version_fh = open("CHANGES", "r")
    first_line = version_fh.readline().strip()
    version_fh.close()
    version = first_line.split()[1]
    return version

setup(
    name='osdf-python',
    description='Python client to Open Science Data Framework (OSDF) REST servers.',
    long_description='The Open Science Data Framework (OSDF) is a specialized ' + \
                     'document database that allows users to store, retrieve, ' + \
                     'query and track changes to data over time easily. ' + \
                     'Because the API uses JSON and REST, developers are ' + \
                     'able to use OSDF in the language of their choice ' + \
                     'because almost every language has support for ' + \
                     'communications via HTTP and working with JSON.',
    version=get_version(),
    py_modules=['osdf', 'request'],
    author='Victor F',
    author_email='victor73@github.com',
    url='http://osdf.igs.umaryland.edu',
    license='MIT',
    install_requires=['jsondiff'],
    scripts=[
        'bin/osdf'
    ],
    classifiers=[
        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
        "Natural Language :: English",
        "Operating System :: POSIX",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
        "Topic :: Utilities",
        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics"
    ]
)