Pylint

Language / Framework: Python
Categories: Style
Version: 2.4.4 (version 2.17.7 available via beta channel)

Pylint is a source code, bug and quality checker for the Python programming language. It follows the style recommended by PEP 8, the Python style guide.

Enable the Plugin

To enable Pylint analysis, add the following to your .codeclimate.yml configuration file:

plugins:
  pylint:
    enabled: true

More information about the CLI is available in the README here: https://github.com/codeclimate/codeclimate

Configure the Plugin

You can configure which files to be analyzed in your .codeclimate.yml file.

Other configurations can be made through a .pylintrc file. More information can be found on Pylint's documentation.

Plugin activation can also be made in .codeclimate.yml:

plugins:
  pylint:
    enabled: true
    plugins:
      - django

Currently the following plugins are supported:

• pylint-django
• pylint-celery

Configuring pylint-django

If you have your settings module at root level you should do nothing, but if that's not the case then you need to declare your settings module in .codeclimate.yml as shown below.

plugins:
  pylint:
    enabled: true
    plugins:
      - django
    django_settings_module: mymodule.settings