How to get aws_cdk version in python

Question

is there any possibility to receive the aws_cdk version within python. I do not want do call cdk --version, I want to get the version natively like

import aws_cdk
print(aws_cdk.__version__)

But I receive AttributeError: module 'aws_cdk' has no attribute '__version__'.

I am using aws_cdk in version 1.62 and there is no attribute for security_groups within the aws_ecs_patterns.ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService construct.

And upgrading is not a solution for me right now.

Thank you

Answer 1

I am not familiar with this library, and I think this is not proper way, but I hope it helps you until someone offers better option

import subprocess
x = subprocess.check_output('pip3 show aws_cdk.aws-s3')
lines = x.split(b"\n")
for line in lines:
    if line.find(b"Version") != -1:
        print(line)
        break