Create Whl With DLL

This is a simple example to package a python whl with C++ dll.

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├── test_whl test_whl              # Folder contain main python file and dll (folder name will be the name use in "import")
│   ├── __init__.py                # python file import main python file
│   ├── hello_world_pywrapper.py   # main python file
│   └── test_hello_world.dll       # C++ dll
├── hello_world_main.py
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── setup.py       # setup commmand for building whl

To create the wheel file, run the following command in a python terminal.

python setup.py bdist_wheel

Output file in dist/test_whl-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

Run the following command to install package.

pip install dist/test_whl-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

Show package info:

pip show test_whl

Test to import package:

python hello_world_main.py

Command will show:

Hello World
Have a nice day!

For more info about __init__.py, please refer to https://towardsdatascience.com/whats-init-for-me-d70a312da583