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1 ========================= 2 ``importlib_metadata`` 3 ========================= 4 5 ``importlib_metadata`` is a library to access the metadata for a 6 Python package. 7 8 As of Python 3.8, this functionality has been added to the 9 `Python standard library 10 <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html>`_. 11 This package supplies backports of that functionality including 12 improvements added to subsequent Python versions. 13 14 15 Usage 16 ===== 17 18 See the `online documentation <https://importlib_metadata.readthedocs.io/>`_ 19 for usage details. 20 21 `Finder authors 22 <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#finders-and-loaders>`_ can 23 also add support for custom package installers. See the above documentation 24 for details. 25 26 27 Caveats 28 ======= 29 30 This project primarily supports third-party packages installed by PyPA 31 tools (or other conforming packages). It does not support: 32 33 - Packages in the stdlib. 34 - Packages installed without metadata. 35 36 Project details 37 =============== 38 39 * Project home: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata 40 * Report bugs at: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues 41 * Code hosting: https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata 42 * Documentation: https://importlib_metadata.readthedocs.io/