Create a PyCharm configuration that runs a module a la “python -m foo”

Question

My python entrypoint needs to be run as a module (not a script), as in:

python -m foo.bar

The following does not work (and is not supposed

Answer 1

There is a workaround I use for my scripts, which do use relative imports.

python -m actually invokes a script called runpy.py which is part of a standard Python installation. These two invocations are equivalent:

python -m my_module.a.b module_arguments
python python_lib_directory/runpy.py my_module.a.b module_arguments

Use the latter method to setup your Run/Debug Configuration:

Script: python_lib_directory/runpy.py

Script parameters: my_module.a.b module_arguments

Interpreter options: (leave blank, no -m required)