Add entry point at runtime in Python

I want to use setuptools entry points to subscribe method groups to messages coming from a communication channel.

It is very easy to do this by declaring all the entry points in your setup.py

. But I'm not sure if I can add additional entry points while the program is running.

Can I add new entry points to an application that is already running?

I tried to add a new "fake" setuptools command in an interactive session:

std = pkg_resources.get_distribution('setuptools')

pkg_resources.EntryPoint.parse_group(
    'distutils.commands', 'antialias = setuptools.command.alias:alias', std)

pprint(std.get_entry_map())

      

        
        
        
      

    

But my new entry point is missing from the printed object. Am I doing something wrong?