setup.py

import re
import os.path
from setuptools import setup

project = "miepython"


def get_init_property(prop):
    """Return property from __init__.py."""
    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    file_name = os.path.join(here, project, "__init__.py")
    regex = r'{}\s*=\s*[\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]'.format(prop)
    with open(file_name, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
        result = re.search(regex, file.read())
    return result.group(1)


def get_contents(filename):
    """Return contents of filename relative to the location of this file."""
    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    fn = os.path.join(here, filename)
    with open(fn, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        contents = f.read()
    return contents


setup(
    name=project,
    long_description=get_contents("README.rst"),
    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
    version=get_init_property("__version__"),
    author=get_init_property("__author__"),
    author_email=get_init_property("__email__"),
    license=get_init_property("__license__"),
    url=get_init_property("__url__"),
)