add data files to python projects setup.py

Question

I have a project like this:

├── CHANGES.txt
├── LICENSE
├── MANIFEST.in
...
├── docs
│   └── index.rst
├── negar
│   ├── Negar.py
│   ├── Virastar.py
│   ├──         


        

Answer 1

Maybe try:

package_data={'negar/data': ['data/*.dat']},

Answer 2

I used data_files

data_files = [('', ['negar/data/untouchable.dat'])],

Answer 3

The first problem is that I didn't import my data file into the package with MANIFEST.in file. I imported it like this:

include negar/data/*.dat

After that my data file already imported with my package install. but because I had mistakes in open my data files, python couldn't find it. this question helped me to find the right way Python Access Data in Package Subdirectory and now I use something like this:

import os
this_dir, this_filename = os.path.split(__file__)
DATA_PATH = os.path.join(this_dir, "data", "data.txt")
print open(DATA_PATH).read()