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In your VSCode project root folder, find the **settings.json** file. If you’re working within a virtual environment, this will automatically appear in your project.
Make sure you have the **python.pythonPath argument** set correctly first.
Now, install black and isort packages via pip:
pip install black isort
Finally, append this snippet to the json:
"python.formatting.provider": "black",
"editor.formatOnSave" : true,
"python.formatting.blackArgs": [
"--line-length=119"
],
"python.sortImports.args": [
"--profile=black",
],
"[python]": {
"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
"source.organizeImports": true
}
},
And that’s it! Now, you can simply go ahead and continue working normally, when you save a python file, black will auto restructure your file.
Cool, isn’t it? 😎
In case you want to just run formatting over all the files in a big project folder, just run:
black folder_name/
and it will find all .py files within the folder recursively and format them!
I hope this was helpful, see you in the next one! :)
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