Dead simple CLI tool to try Python packages
try is an easy-to-use cli tool to try out Python packages.
Features
- Install specific package version from PyPI
- Install package from GitHub
- Install in virtualenv using specific version of python
- Specify alternative python package import name
- Keep try environment after interactive session
- Launch interactive python console with already imported package
- Launch editor instead of interpreter
- Launch arbitrary python shell instead of default python shell
Usage
try requests
try requests --ipython
try requests --shell ptipython
try requests -p 3.5
try requests -p /usr/bin/python3.4.1
try