Metadata#

Both source distributions and binary distributions (_sdists_ and _wheels_, respectively) contain files recording the core metadata for the distribution. This information is used for everything from recording the name of the distribution to the installation dependencies.

Usage#

>>> from packaging.metadata import parse_email
>>> metadata = "Metadata-Version: 2.3\nName: packaging\nVersion: 24.0"
>>> raw, unparsed = parse_email(metadata)
>>> raw["metadata_version"]
'2.3'
>>> raw["name"]
'packaging'
>>> raw["version"]
'24.0'
>>> from packaging.metadata import Metadata
>>> parsed = Metadata.from_raw(raw)
>>> parsed.name
'packaging'
>>> parsed.version
<Version('24.0')>

Reference#

High Level Interface#

Low Level Interface#

Exceptions#