# read and log the version of package import os import logging logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p', format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s') logger = logging.getLogger(name='webhdfs') version = "latest" try: fn = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'VERSION') version = open(fn).read().strip() logger.debug("Loading WebHDFS version: " + version) except IOError: pass