Why i'm getting `TypeError: 'module' object is not callable`?

This is my main.py.

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try:
    cmd_type = sys.argv[1]

except IndexError:
    cmd_type = "run"

if cmd_type == "manage":
    call_command(*sys.argv[2:])

elif cmd_type == "run":
    call_command("runserver")

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Here i ran command to see my migrations for django app built by shiv even this command exited successfully but with that TypeError i cannot use exit code of command. what am i missing? or what can i do to handle that?

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[I] ➜ ./myapp-1.6.3-3a380acb.pyz manage showmigrations auth
auth
 [X] 0001_initial
 [X] 0002_alter_permission_name_max_length
 [X] 0003_alter_user_email_max_length
 [X] 0004_alter_user_username_opts
 [X] 0005_alter_user_last_login_null
 [X] 0006_require_contenttypes_0002
 [X] 0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages
 [X] 0008_alter_user_username_max_length
 [X] 0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length
 [X] 0010_alter_group_name_max_length
 [X] 0011_update_proxy_permissions
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "./myapp-1.6.3-3a380acb.pyz/__main__.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "./myapp-1.6.3-3a380acb.pyz/_bootstrap/__init__.py", line 179, in bootstrap
  File "./myapp-1.6.3-3a380acb.pyz/_bootstrap/__init__.py", line 33, in run
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

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[I] ➜ echo $?
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[lorencarvalho]

Hi @yzdann, thanks this is helpful.

I think the crux of your issue is on the last line of your build.sh script, where you invoke shiv:

shiv --site-packages dist --compressed -E -p "/usr/bin/env $PYTHON" -o $BUILD_NAME -e myapp.main

The string you pass to -e must be callable, and the snippet you show of main.py indicates it’s a script, e.g. something you would run like python3 ./myapp/main.py. If your application defines any console_script (doc) entries you can use the -c argument.

All you need to do is sequester the runnable logic in main.py into a function. So, if your script is:

try:
    cmd_type = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
    cmd_type = "run"
if cmd_type == "manage":
    call_command(*sys.argv[2:])
elif cmd_type == "run":
    call_command("runserver")

Change it to:

def cli():
    try:
        cmd_type = sys.argv[1]
    except IndexError:
        cmd_type = "run"
    if cmd_type == "manage":
        call_command(*sys.argv[2:])
    elif cmd_type == "run":
        call_command("runserver")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    cli()

And then change the string you pass to -e to be myapp.main:cli.

Let me know if that helps!

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