Find which version of package is installed with pip

Question

Using pip, is it possible to figure out which version of a package is currently installed?

I know about pip install XYZ --upgrade but I am wondering if

Answer 1

To do this using Python code:

Using importlib.metadata.version

Python ≥3.8

import importlib.metadata
importlib.metadata.version('beautifulsoup4')
'4.9.1'

Python ≤3.7

(using importlib_metadata.version)

!pip install importlib-metadata

import importlib_metadata
importlib_metadata.version('beautifulsoup4')
'4.9.1'

Using pkg_resources.Distribution

import pkg_resources
pkg_resources.get_distribution('beautifulsoup4').version
'4.9.1'
pkg_resources.get_distribution('beautifulsoup4').parsed_version

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