About Black Code Formatter in PyCharm

To integrate black code formatter into PyCharm, do this:

1. Install black at the root-level site-packages and note the absolute path to black executable:

$ python3 -m pip install black

2. Go to PyCharm ➔ Preferences ➔ Tools ➔ External Tools, and add a new external tool with:

• Name: Black
• Program: the absolute path to black executable
• Arguments: "$FilePath$"

3. Go to PyCharm ➔ Preferences ➔ Keymap ➔ External Tools ➔ Black and add a keyboard shortcut just like Cmd + Ctrl + L. Use this shortcut to reformat your Python files.