A snippet for reading install_requires from requirements.txt
req_exclusions = ['setuptools', 'pytest']
def get_requirements():
reqs = []
with open('requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
for line in f:
add = True
for req in req_exclusions:
if req in line:
add = False
if add:
reqs.append(line.strip('\n'))
return reqs