How to add data files

[Sigurdur42]

Hi, I am trying to add data files, especially a QT ui file. I use this in the toml file:

[tool.poetry-pyinstaller-plugin.collect]
data = ['clock.png', 'MainWindow.ui']

Unfortuantely, I cannot see the MainWindow.ui file anywhere in the dist folder and therefore I cannot load it at runtime. How do I achieve having the file in the correct location? Thx

[thmahe]

Hi @Sigurdur42,

tool.poetry-pyinstaller-plugin.collect options only accept packages as input. Those options are useful to include package data from dependencies onto Pyinstaller executable or dist folder.

You can include data to your package with following option in [tool.poetry] block of your pyproject.toml:

include = [
    { path = "clock.png", format = ["sdist", "wheel"] },
    { path = "MainWindow.ui", format = ["sdist", "wheel"] }
]

poetry-pyinstaller-plugin does not support yet addition of data files from include option.

You can instead use the bundle feature to include your Pyinstaller executable onto wheels built by Poetry which will also include your data files with method above.