{"library":"pkg-about","title":"pkg-about library","description":"pkg-about provides unified access to Python package metadata at runtime. It's designed to fetch information like version, summary, author, and license for installed packages, abstracting away differences between `pkg_resources` and `importlib.metadata`. The current version is 2.3.0, and it generally follows a release cadence driven by new features or bug fixes, typically every few months.","language":"python","status":"active","last_verified":"Fri Apr 17","install":{"commands":["pip install pkg-about"],"cli":null},"imports":["from pkg_about import get_about"],"auth":{"required":false,"env_vars":[]},"quickstart":{"code":"from pkg_about import get_about\n\n# Get metadata for pkg-about itself\nabout_pkg = get_about('pkg-about')\n\nprint(f\"Package Name: {about_pkg.name}\")\nprint(f\"Version: {about_pkg.version}\")\nprint(f\"Summary: {about_pkg.summary}\")\nprint(f\"Author: {about_pkg.author}\")\nprint(f\"License: {about_pkg.license}\")","lang":"python","description":"This quickstart demonstrates how to fetch metadata for an installed package using `get_about`. It retrieves information like name, version, summary, author, and license for the 'pkg-about' library itself.","tag":null,"tag_description":null,"last_tested":null,"results":[]},"compatibility":null}