Managing dependencies

Unlike in remote indexes, stores does not automatically create virtual environments for local indexes. But this might be desired, especially if there are conflicting dependencies between the local index and your main project.

In such cases, use the LocalIndex class and set create_venv=True when initializing the index.

from stores.indexes import LocalIndex

index = LocalIndex(
    index_folder="path/to/local/folder",
    create_venv=True,  # False by default
    # env_var={},  # Optionally, pass any required environment variables
)

The first time this is run, it will create a virtual environment in path/to/local/folder/.venv if its not already created.

It will also proceed to install dependencies if any of the following are found in the local index folder.

• requirements.txt
• setup.py
• pyproject.toml

LocalIndex works the same way as Index. You can access the list of tools via the LocalIndex.tools property. You can also use the LocalIndex.format_tools method to output tool schemas.

The implementation details of the virtual environment here is similar to the implementation in remote indexes.