You can specify an extra_context dictionary that will override values from cookiecutter.json or .cookiecutterrc:
cookiecutter('cookiecutter-pypackage/', extra_context={'project_name': 'TheGreatest'})
You will also need to add these keys to the cookiecutter.json or .cookiecutterrc.
If you have cookiecutter.json
that has the following keys:
{ "timestamp": "{{ cookiecutter.timestamp }}" }
This Python script will dynamically inject a timestamp value as the project is generated:
from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter from datetime import datetime cookiecutter( 'cookiecutter-django', extra_context={'timestamp': datetime.utcnow().isoformat()} )
How this works:
- The script uses datetime to get the current UTC time in ISO format.
- To generate the project, cookiecutter() is called, passing the timestamp in as context via the extra_context dict.