# Pip Processor
## Purpose
Installs Python dependencies from `requirements.txt` files using pip.
## How It Works
Discovers `requirements.txt` files in the project and runs `pip install -r`
in each file's directory. After a successful install it writes a deterministic
install stamp, `out/processor.mass_generator.pip/root.stamp` for a root
`requirements.txt` (or `<dir>.stamp` with `/` turned into `_` otherwise), so
dependencies are only reinstalled when `requirements.txt` (or a `dep_inputs`
file) changes.
## Source Files
- Input: `**/requirements.txt`
- Output: the install stamp `out/processor.mass_generator.pip/<dir>.stamp`
## Configuration
```toml
[processor.mass_generator.pip]
command = "pip" # The pip command to run
args = [] # Additional arguments to pass to pip
dep_inputs = [] # Additional files that trigger rebuilds when changed
```
| `command` | string | `"pip"` | The pip executable to run |
| `args` | string[] | `[]` | Extra arguments passed to pip |
| `dep_inputs` | string[] | `[]` | Extra files whose changes trigger rebuilds |
## Batch support
Runs once per `requirements.txt` when its install stamp product is dirty.
## Clean behavior
This processor is a Mass Generator — `rsconstruct clean outputs` removes each planned install stamp (`product.outputs`) and sweeps any parent directories that become empty. See [Clean behavior](../../processors.md#clean-behavior) and [`rsconstruct clean`](../../commands.md#rsconstruct-clean).