from __future__ import print_function import os import re def get_version(): node_version_h = os.path.join( os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'src', 'node_version.h') f = open(node_version_h) regex = '^#define NODE_MODULE_VERSION [0-9]+' for line in f: if re.match(regex, line): major = line.split()[2] return major raise Exception('Could not find pattern matching %s' % regex) if __name__ == '__main__': print(get_version())