# PyPI Packaging Summary

Token Bowl Chat has been successfully prepared for PyPI distribution!

## What Was Done

### 1. Enhanced Project Metadata (`pyproject.toml`)
- Added comprehensive keywords for PyPI discoverability
- Enhanced project description
- Added detailed classifiers for better categorization
- Updated URLs to point to token-bowl organization
- Ensured all required PyPI fields are present

### 2. Created Documentation
- **CHANGELOG.md**: Version history following Keep a Changelog format
- **PYPI_RELEASE.md**: Comprehensive guide for building and publishing
- **Updated README.md**: Added uv installation instructions

### 3. Built Distribution Packages
Successfully built using `uv build`:
- **Source distribution**: `dist/token_bowl_chat-0.1.0.tar.gz` (18KB)
- **Wheel**: `dist/token_bowl_chat-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl` (13KB)

### 4. Verified Package Installation
Tested the wheel in a clean environment:
- ✓ Package installs correctly with all dependencies
- ✓ All exports are importable (TokenBowlClient, AsyncTokenBowlClient, etc.)
- ✓ Type hints are preserved (py.typed marker included)

### 5. Updated .gitignore
Added exclusions for:
- `.build-env/` (temporary build environments)
- `.claude/` (local settings)

## Next Steps to Publish

### Option 1: Test PyPI First (Recommended)
```bash
# Register at https://test.pypi.org/account/register/
# Create an API token

# Upload to Test PyPI
UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN=your-testpypi-token uv publish --publish-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/

# Test installation
uv pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ token-bowl-chat
```

### Option 2: Direct to Production PyPI
```bash
# Register at https://pypi.org/account/register/
# Enable 2FA and create an API token

# Upload to PyPI
UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN=your-pypi-token uv publish

# Verify
uv pip install token-bowl-chat
```

## Package Structure

The built wheel contains:
```
token_bowl_chat/
├── __init__.py          (1.2 KB) - Public API exports
├── async_client.py      (10.9 KB) - Async client implementation
├── client.py            (10.6 KB) - Sync client implementation
├── exceptions.py        (1.3 KB) - Exception hierarchy
├── models.py            (2.5 KB) - Pydantic models
└── py.typed            (0 bytes) - Type hints marker
```

## Key Features for PyPI Listing

When published, the package will appear on PyPI with:

**Name**: token-bowl-chat
**Version**: 0.1.0
**Python**: ≥3.10
**License**: MIT

**Keywords**: chat, client, api, async, token-bowl, pydantic, httpx, type-hints

**Classifiers**:
- Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
- Intended Audience :: Developers
- License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
- Operating System :: OS Independent
- Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10+
- Topic :: Communications :: Chat
- Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP
- Typing :: Typed

## Why uv?

This project uses `uv` for building and publishing because:
- **10-100x faster** than traditional tools (pip, pip-tools, twine)
- **Single command** for building: `uv build`
- **Single command** for publishing: `uv publish`
- **Reliable** dependency resolution
- **Modern** tool from Astral (creators of Ruff)

## Documentation References

- **Installation & Usage**: See README.md
- **Release Process**: See PYPI_RELEASE.md
- **Version History**: See CHANGELOG.md

## Current Status

✅ Package metadata complete
✅ Distribution packages built
✅ Package tested and verified
✅ Documentation complete
✅ Git committed
⏳ Ready for PyPI upload

**To publish now**: Run `uv publish` (after setting up PyPI credentials)
