setup.py

from setuptools import find_packages,setup
from typing import List

def get_requirements()->List[str]:
    #Returns a list of requirements
    requirement_lst:List[str] = []
    try:
        with open('requirements.txt','r') as file:
            lines = file.readlines()
            for line in lines:

                requirement = line.strip()
                #ignore empty lines and -e .
                if requirement and requirement!='-e .':
                    requirement_lst.append(requirement)
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("requirement file not found")

    return requirement_lst

setup(
    name="NetworkSecurity",
    version='0.0.1',
    author="Maruthi",
    author_email = "enugulamaruthi@gmail.com",
    packages=find_packages(),
    install_requires = get_requirements()
)