How do you find python package metadata information given a module

Question

I\'m trying to retrieve metadata information for a python package given the name of the module.

I can use importlib-metadata to retrieve the information, but in some cas

Answer 1

I believe something like the following should work:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import importlib.util
import pathlib

import importlib_metadata

def get_distribution(file_name):
    result = None
    for distribution in importlib_metadata.distributions():
        try:
            relative = (
                pathlib.Path(file_name)
                .relative_to(distribution.locate_file(''))
            )
        except ValueError:
            pass
        else:
            if relative in distribution.files:
                result = distribution
    return result

def alpha():
    file_name = importlib.util.find_spec('easy_install').origin
    distribution = get_distribution(file_name)
    print("alpha", distribution.metadata['Name'])

def bravo():
    file_name = importlib_metadata.__file__
    distribution = get_distribution(file_name)
    print("bravo", distribution.metadata['Name'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    alpha()
    bravo()