spigot-plugin-template/load_plugin.py

import os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import shutil
import gen

if (os.getcwd().endswith("SpigotPluginBaseTools/")):
    os.chdir("../")

pom_xml = ET.parse(gen.find_pom_xml())
pom_root = pom_xml.getroot()
proj_name = pom_root.find("{" + gen.POM_NAMESPACE + "}" + "name").text
plugin_ver = pom_root.find("{" + gen.POM_NAMESPACE + "}" + "version").text
plugin_filename = proj_name + "-" + plugin_ver + ".jar"

plugin_dir = gen.DEV_SERVER_PATH + "plugins/"
if not os.path.exists(plugin_dir):
    os.mkdir(plugin_dir)

plugin_path = gen.find_pom_xml_dir() + "/target/{0}".format(plugin_filename)

if not os.path.exists(plugin_path):
    print("Could not find \"{0}\". Is it packaged?".format(plugin_path))
    exit(1)

shutil.copy(plugin_path, plugin_dir + plugin_filename)
print("Copied \"{0}\" to \"{1}\".".format(plugin_path, plugin_dir + plugin_filename))