setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html
# http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/examples.html

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import re
import os
from codecs import open


name = "wishlist"
kwargs = dict(
    name=name,
    description='Amazon wishlist scraper',
    author='Jay Marcyes',
    author_email='jay@marcyes.com',
    url='http://github.com/Jaymon/{}'.format(name),
    license='GPLv2+',
    classifiers=[ # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=list_classifiers
        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
        'Environment :: Plugins',
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)',
        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
    ],
    entry_points = {
        'console_scripts': [
            '{} = {}.__main__:console'.format(name, name),
        ],
    },
)

kwargs["tests_require"] = []
kwargs["install_requires"] = ['captain==3.0.1', 'brow==0.0.4', 'beautifulsoup4', 'lxml'],
#kwargs["extras_require"] = {"extra_name": []}


def read(path):
    if os.path.isfile(path):
        with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
            return f.read()
    return ""


vpath = os.path.join(name, "__init__.py")
if os.path.isfile(vpath):
    kwargs["packages"] = find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*", "*_test*", "examples"])

    dpath = os.path.join(name, "data")
    if os.path.isdir(dpath):
        # https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-package-data
        kwargs["package_data"] = {name: ['data/*']} 

else:
    vpath = "{}.py".format(name)
    kwargs["py_modules"] = [name]

kwargs["version"] = re.search(r"^__version__\s*=\s*[\'\"]([^\'\"]+)", read(vpath), flags=re.I | re.M).group(1)

# https://pypi.org/help/#description-content-type
kwargs["long_description"] = read('README.md')
kwargs["long_description_content_type"] = "text/markdown"


setup(**kwargs)