install_deps.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
/***************************************************************************
 Loop_plugin
								 A QGIS plugin
 This plugin preprocess shapefile inputs to generate python script and json file that are used as input for map2loop
 Generated by Plugin Builder: http://g-sherman.github.io/Qgis-Plugin-Builder/
							 -------------------
		begin                : 2022-10-13
		copyright            : (C) 2022 by Michel M. Nzikou / CET - UWA
		email                : michel.nzikou@alumni.uleth.ca
		git sha              : $Format:%H$
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/
 This script initializes the plugin, making it known to QGIS.
"""
import subprocess,pathlib
import os, sys,glob

def install_module(module_name):
	"""
	Function to install a Python module using pip
	module_name: the module to check
	"""
	try:
		subprocess.run(["pip", "install", module_name])
		res = subprocess.run(
			["pip", "install", module_name],
			capture_output=True,
			text=True,
			shell=True,
		)
		print(f"Successfully installed {module_name}")
	except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
		print(f"Failed to install {module_name}")
	# check modules and install if it does not exist
	return 

def create_requirement_list():
	'''
	This function read all the module requirement and test whether it exist and if not will install it.
	file_path : the qgis main file 
	'''
	plugin_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
	#file_path = os.path.join(str(plugin_dir),'requirements.txt')
	file_path = [a for a in glob.glob(plugin_dir+'/*') if 'requirements.txt' in str(a)]
	with open(str(file_path[0]), 'r') as file:
		req_list  =[]
		for line in file:
			# Process each line here
			req_list.append(line.strip())
			print(line.strip())  # strip() removes the newline character at the end of each line
	return req_list