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cli_app.utils.meta

cli_app.utils.meta

Meta dataclass 

Meta(data)

Class parsing metadata.

load_from_installed_package classmethod 

load_from_installed_package()

Find and load distribution metadata for the installed package containing this file.

Source code in src/cli_app/utils/meta.py 
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@classmethod
def load_from_installed_package(cls) -> Self:
    """Find and load distribution metadata for the installed package containing this file."""
    pkg_file = Path(__file__).resolve()

    # For editable installs uv_build uses a .pth file and omits top_level.txt,
    # so packages_distributions() won't find us. Instead, find the distribution
    # whose direct_url.json points to a directory that contains this file.
    dist_name = cls._find_dist_name_from_direct_url(pkg_file)

    # Fall back to packages_distributions() for non-editable installs.
    if dist_name is None:
        top_level_pkg = __package__.split(".")[0] if __package__ else None
        if top_level_pkg:
            dist_names = metadata.packages_distributions().get(top_level_pkg)
            if dist_names:
                dist_name = dist_names[0]

    if dist_name is None:
        return cls(data=cls._get_fallback_meta("Unknown"))

    try:
        meta_json = metadata.metadata(dist_name).json

        author_email = cast(str, meta_json.pop("author_email", ""))
        requires_dist = meta_json.pop("requires_dist", [])

        meta_dict_keys = MetaDict.__annotations__.keys()
        meta = cast(MetaDict, {k: v for k, v in meta_json.items() if k in meta_dict_keys})

        authors: list[ContactDict] = []
        for author_string in author_email.split(","):
            name, email = parseaddr(author_string)
            authors.append({"name": name, "email": email})
        meta["authors"] = authors
        meta["dependencies"] = cls._get_installed_dependencies(cast(list[str], requires_dist))

        return cls(data=meta)

    except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
        return cls(data=cls._get_fallback_meta(dist_name))

get_project_meta cached 

get_project_meta()

Fetch the project metadata using the Meta class.

Source code in src/cli_app/utils/meta.py 
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@cache
def get_project_meta() -> Meta:
    """Fetch the project metadata using the Meta class."""
    return Meta.load_from_installed_package()