PyInstaller Support

Pyinstaller allows to package a python application with its dependencies in a single exe.

It is possible to package an application that is using Apprise but there is a trick.

Let’s take a simple script:

from apprise import Apprise
apobj = Apprise()
apobj.add('<SCHEME>://<FQDN>/<TOKEN>')
apobj.notify(title="a title", body="this is the body of the notification")

Then package with pytinstaller:

pyinstaller -F myscript.py

And launch it:

./dist/myscript

We get:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/_MEIEbGkgo/apprise/attachment'
or
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/_MEIEbGkgo/apprise/plugins'
or
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/_MEIEbGkgo/apprise/config'

We have to use --collect-all option which, according to documentation:

Collect all submodules, data files, and binaries from the specified package or module. This option can be used multiple times.

pyinstaller -F --collect-all apprise myscript.py

No more errors, notifications are sent.