I have a python library packaged using poetry. I have the following requirements Inside the poetry project # example_library.py def get_version() -> str: # return the project version dynamically. Only used within the library def get_some_dict() -> dict: # meant to be exported and used by others return { "version": get_version(), "data": #... some data } In the host project, I want the following test case to pass no matter which version of example_library I'm using from example_library import get_some_dict import importlib.metadata version = importlib.metadata.version('example_library') assert get_some_dict()["version"] == version I have researched ideas about reading the pyproject.toml file but I'm not sure how to make the function read the toml file regardless of the library's location. The Poetry API doesn't really help either, because I just want to read the top level TOML file from within the library and get the version number, not create one from scratch. Continue reading...
