🔒 How to embed resources in PyInstaller execultable?

[south badger]

I'm trying to "pack" a Python project into an executable with PyInstaller and I can't really seem to find a way to include resources with it
As a start, I need to include a single .ico that's on the root of the project, I do this with --add-data "icon.ico:icon.ico"

To get the resources, the code uses

def resource_path(relative_path):
    """ Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
    try:
        # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
        base_path = sys._MEIPASS
    except Exception:
        base_path = os.path.abspath(".")

    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

But when running the executable, it just tries to find it alongside the execultable (I guess that the resource_path() doesn't work then)
I've looked up _MEIPASS and it seems like now there's a _PYI_APPLICATION_HOME_DIR instead? I tried changing it, same issue though...
What am I doing wrong?

[vague meadow]

@south badger

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[abstract otter]

Can you check what base_path is? You might need to do __file__, although using meipass should work as well.

[abstract otter]

Okay, meipass is there so it's probably how you're including the icon.
--add-data expects strings in the form of source:dest_dir. In this case, it might be literally creating a folder called icon.ico and putting your icon there. So instead, just use a dot and it should work.

[south badger]

A dot how exactly?

[abstract otter]

Where dest_dir would go. So, rather than icon.ico:icon.ico, you'd do icon.ico:.

[south badger]

Ohh, right. Will try now

Yep, that was it! Thanks <3

[vague meadow]

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