get the version of the current module

egg_inspect.py

import os
import pkg_resources
 
def get_distribution(package):
    '''
    Can be called from within eggs in order to get the current distribution:

      get_distribution(__package__)
    
    __package__ is the same as __name__ except for script execution where __name__ equals '__main__'
    '''
    provider = pkg_resources.get_provider(package)
    if not hasattr(provider, 'egg_root'): # running from source
        return None
    metadata = pkg_resources.FileMetadata(os.path.join(provider.egg_root, 'EGG-INFO'))
    return pkg_resources.Distribution.from_filename(provider.egg_root, metadata=metadata)

def get_version(package):
    dist = get_distribution(package)
    return None if dist is None else dist.version