installer.utils - installer

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This API is not finalised, and may change in a patch version.

# `installer.utils`

Utilities related to handling / interacting with wheel files.

`installer.utils.` `parse_metadata_file`(contents)

  Parse PEP 376 `PKG-INFO`-style metadata files.

  `METADATA` and `WHEEL` files (as per PEP 427) use the same syntax and can also be parsed using this function.

  Parameters

    contents (Text) – The entire contents of the file.

  Return type

    Message

`installer.utils.` `parse_wheel_filename`(filename)

  Parse a wheel filename, into it’s various components.

  Parameters

    filename (str) – The filename to parse.

  Return type

    installer.utils.WheelFilename

class `installer.utils.` `WheelFilename`(distribution, version, build_tag, tag)
  `build_tag`

    Alias for field number 2

  `distribution`

    Alias for field number 0

  `tag`

    Alias for field number 3

  `version`

    Alias for field number 1