python including a folder in your distribution package

Question

I have a python package structured as below:

mypackage
├───build
├───dist
├───mypackage-------> file1.py, file2.py
│   └───templates-->temp.html
└───test
└───MANIFEST.in
└───setup.py

what I'm trying to do is to include the templates folder. Here is the relevant part of my setup.py

setup(
    packages=find_packages(),
    include_package_data=True,
    package_data = {'mypackages': ['templates/*.html']},

and here is my MANIFEST.in

include mypackage/templates
recursive-include mypackage/ *.html

To produce the zip file, I use this command:

python setup.py sdist

Any ideas why the templates folder does not get included?

Are you missing an `__init__.py` in the templates folder? And this: http://www.scotttorborg.com/python-packaging/non-code-files.html — Gullydwarf, Nov 14 '14 at 09:08
I do not have `__init__.py` in the template folder. I had tried putting it there but that only causes the folder to be included without the temp.html inside that folder. As for the manifest, I updated my post. It already includes mypackage/templates — max, Nov 14 '14 at 17:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You have to use MANIFEST.in to specify file to be included.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

Community

answered Nov 14 '14 at 23:02

kwarunek

changing MANIFEST.in to this worked: include mypackage/templates/* – max Nov 15 '14 at 03:10
So why does this not do the same thing: `recursive-include mypackage/ *.html`? That was already in his manifest – Gullydwarf Nov 15 '14 at 17:18

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