.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/importlib_metadata.svg :target: `PyPI link`_ .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/importlib_metadata.svg :target: `PyPI link`_ .. _PyPI link: https://pypi.org/project/importlib_metadata .. image:: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/workflows/tests/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/actions?query=workflow%3A%22tests%22 :alt: tests .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg :target: https://github.com/psf/black :alt: Code style: Black .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/importlib-metadata/badge/?version=latest :target: https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/skeleton-2021-informational :target: https://blog.jaraco.com/skeleton Library to access the metadata for a Python package. This package supplies third-party access to the functionality of `importlib.metadata <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html>`_ including improvements added to subsequent Python versions. Compatibility ============= New features are introduced in this third-party library and later merged into CPython. The following table indicates which versions of this library were contributed to different versions in the standard library: .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 * - importlib_metadata - stdlib * - 4.4 - 3.10 * - 1.4 - 3.8 Usage ===== See the `online documentation <https://importlib_metadata.readthedocs.io/>`_ for usage details. `Finder authors <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#finders-and-loaders>`_ can also add support for custom package installers. See the above documentation for details. Caveats ======= This project primarily supports third-party packages installed by PyPA tools (or other conforming packages). It does not support: - Packages in the stdlib. - Packages installed without metadata. Project details =============== * Project home: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata * Report bugs at: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues * Code hosting: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata * Documentation: https://importlib_metadata.readthedocs.io/