Getting Python package distribution version from within a package

Question

You can get the version of a python distribution using

import pkg_resources
pkg_resources.get_distribution(\"distro\").version

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Answer 1

I believe the project's name should be hard-coded if possible. If not then some function like the following could help figuring out the metadata for the installed distribution containing the current file (__file__):

import pathlib
import importlib_metadata

def get_project_distribution():
    for dist in importlib_metadata.distributions():
        try:
            relative = pathlib.Path(__file__).relative_to(dist.locate_file(''))
        except ValueError:
            pass
        else:
            if relative in dist.files:
                return dist
    return None

project_distribution = get_project_distribution()
if project_distribution:
    project_name = project_distribution.metadata['Name']
    version = project_distribution.metadata['Version']