Output the built package version

.github/workflows/ci-supported-pythons.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: hynek/structlog
           path: structlog
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: action
@@ -29,12 +30,13 @@ jobs:
           path: structlog
 
     outputs:
+      package-version: ${{ steps.baipp.outputs.package_version }}
       python-versions: ${{ steps.baipp.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_array }}
       # If your matrix consists only of Python versions, you can use the
       # following, too:
       # python-versions: ${{ steps.baipp.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_job_matrix_value }}
 
-  test-package:
+  test-supported-pythons:
     needs: build-package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -76,4 +78,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tox environments for ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         run: echo python -Im tox run --installpkg dist/*.whl -f py$(echo ${{ matrix.python-version }} | tr -d .)
 
+  test-package-version:
+    needs: build-package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - run: |
+          echo "Package version: ${{ needs.build-package.outputs.package-version }}"
+
 ...

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/compare/v2.10.0...main)
 
+### Added
+
+- New output: `package_version` is the version of the package that was built.
+  [#152](https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/pull/152)
 
 ## [2.10.0](https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/compare/v2.9.0...2.10.0)
 

README.md

@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ While *build-and-inspect-python-package* will build a wheel for you by default,
 
   This is useful if you only want to define a matrix based on Python versions, because then you can just assign this to `strategy.matrix`.
 
+- `package_version`: The version of the package as extracted from the package metadata.
+
+  This is useful, for example, for displaying the PyPI URL on the GitHub UI for the publishing job:
+
+  ```yaml
+  jobs:
+    ...
+    release:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      needs: baipp
+      environment:
+        name: pypi
+        url: https://pypi.org/p/structlog/${{ needs.baipp.outputs.package-version }}
+  ```
 
 ### Artifacts
 

action.yml

@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ outputs:
       versions. When loaded using the 'fromJson' function, this can be assigned
       to a matrix strategy key (for example, `python-version`).
 
-    value: ${{ steps.supported-pythons-setter.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_array }}
+    value: ${{ steps.metadata-setter.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_array }}
   supported_python_classifiers_json_job_matrix_value:
     description: >
       Same as 'supported_python_classifiers_json_array', except it's already a
       JSON mapping from "python-version" to a list of all classifier-declared
       supported Python versions. In other words, you can assign it directly to
       the 'strategy.matrix' key.
-    value: ${{ steps.supported-pythons-setter.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_job_matrix_value }}
+    value: ${{ steps.metadata-setter.outputs.supported_python_classifiers_json_job_matrix_value }}
+  package_version:
+    description: The version of the package as declared in the metadata.
+    value: ${{ steps.metadata-setter.outputs.package_version }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -233,18 +236,24 @@ runs:
         path: /tmp/baipp/dist/out/sdist/PyPI-README.*
 
     - name: Generate JSON objects of supported Python versions
-      id: supported-pythons-setter
+      id: metadata-setter
       shell: bash
       working-directory: /tmp/baipp/dist/out/sdist/
       run: |
           cat */PKG-INFO | python -c '
+          import email.parser
           import json, re, sys
-          match_classifier = re.compile(
-              r"\s*Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: (\d+\.\d+)$"
-          ).match
-          version_tokens = [
-              m.group(1).strip() for l in sys.stdin.readlines() if (m := match_classifier(l))
-          ]
+
+          pkg_info = email.parser.Parser().parsestr(sys.stdin.read())
+
+          version_tokens = []
+          for classifier in pkg_info.get_all("Classifier", []):
+              if match := re.match(r"Programming Language :: Python :: (\d+\.\d+)$", classifier):
+                  version_tokens.append(match.group(1))
+
+          package_version = pkg_info.get("Version", "0.0.0")
+
+          print(f"package_version={package_version}")
           print(f"supported_python_classifiers_json_array={json.dumps(version_tokens)}")
           print(f"""supported_python_classifiers_json_job_matrix_value={json.dumps({"python-version": version_tokens})}""")
           ' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT