Little debug tool for people to easily install pip packages graphically

BBIM is being used in companies as ways to automate various BIM processes, and it ends up being such that Blender Python becomes their dev environment.

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/debug/__init__.py

@@ -28,18 +28,19 @@ classes = (
     operator.InspectFromStepId,
     operator.OverrideDisplayType,
     operator.ParseExpress,
+    operator.PipInstall,
     operator.PrintIfcFile,
     operator.PrintObjectPlacement,
+    operator.PrintUnusedElementStats,
     operator.ProfileImportIFC,
     operator.PurgeHdf5Cache,
     operator.PurgeIfcLinks,
+    operator.PurgeUnusedElementsByClass,
     operator.RewindInspector,
     operator.SelectExpressFile,
     operator.SelectHighPolygonMeshes,
     operator.SelectHighestPolygonMeshes,
     operator.ValidateIfcFile,
-    operator.PrintUnusedElementStats,
-    operator.PurgeUnusedElementsByClass,
     prop.BIMDebugProperties,
     ui.BIM_PT_debug,
 )

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/debug/operator.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # along with BlenderBIM Add-on.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
+import sys
 import bpy
 import time
 import logging
@@ -623,3 +624,39 @@ class PurgeUnusedElementsByClass(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
                 print("Finished 20 batches. Manually stopping in case of infinite loop.")
         self.report({"INFO"}, f"Auto purged {total_purged} orphaned elements")
         tool.Ifc.get().write(self.filepath)
+
+
+class PipInstall(bpy.types.Operator):
+    bl_idname = "bim.pip_install"
+    bl_label = "Pip Install"
+    bl_description = "Installs a package from PyPI"
+    name: bpy.props.StringProperty()
+
+    def execute(self, context):
+        import blenderbim.bim
+
+        target = [p for p in sys.path if p.endswith("packages") and "addons" in p][0]
+        py_exec = str(sys.executable)
+
+        print("Detected executable:", py_exec)
+        print("Installing to:", target)
+
+        subprocess.call([py_exec, "-m", "ensurepip", "--user"])
+        subprocess.call([py_exec, "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip"])
+        # Trusted host to make things simpler due to some enterprise network restrictions
+        subprocess.call(
+            [
+                py_exec,
+                "-m",
+                "pip",
+                "install",
+                f"--target={target}",
+                "--upgrade",
+                self.name,
+                "--trusted-host",
+                "pypi.org",
+                "--trusted-host",
+                "files.pythonhosted.org",
+            ]
+        )
+        return {"FINISHED"}

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/debug/prop.py

@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ class BIMDebugProperties(PropertyGroup):
         default="BOUNDS",
     )
     ifc_class_purge: StringProperty(name="Unused Elements IFC Class", default="")
+    package_name: StringProperty(name="Package Name", default="")

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/debug/ui.py

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class BIM_PT_debug(Panel):
         row.operator("bim.parse_express", icon="IMPORT", text="")
         row.operator("bim.select_express_file", icon="FILE_FOLDER", text="")
 
+        row = self.layout.row(align=True)
+        row.prop(props, "package_name", text="")
+        row.operator("bim.pip_install", icon="EVENT_PAGEDOWN").name = props.package_name
+
         row = layout.row()
         row.operator("bim.reload_ifc_file", text="Incrementally Reload Changes")