setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import re
from setuptools import setup

VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r'VERSION\s*=\s*(.*)$', re.I)
VERSION = VERSION_PATTERN.search(open('paypal/__init__.py').read()) \
                         .groups()[0].strip().strip('\'"')

LONG_DESCRIPTION = """An implementation of PayPal's API in Python.
Currently features Direct Payment (Guest), and PayPal Express checkouts.
"""

CLASSIFIERS = [
    'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
    'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
    'Natural Language :: English',
    'Operating System :: OS Independent',
    'Programming Language :: Python',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
]

required = [
    'requests',
]

packages = [
    'paypal',
]

setup(
    name='paypal',
    version=VERSION,
    description='PayPal API implementation in Python.',
    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
    author='Pat Collins',
    author_email='pat@burned.com',
    maintainer='Gregory Taylor',
    maintainer_email='gtaylor@gc-taylor.com',
    install_requires=required,
    url='http://github.com/duointeractive/paypal-python/',
    download_url='http://pypi.python.org/pypi/paypal/',
    packages=packages,
    platforms=['Platform Independent'],
    license='Apache Software License',
    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
    keywords='paypal nvp',
)