updated version checker with pip

yankev · yankev · commit 28a02a1027d8 · 2016-04-11T19:34:09.000-04:00
diff --git a/plotly/__init__.py b/plotly/__init__.py
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@
 	print("Your version of Plotly is currently outdated,\n" + 
 		  "You're currently running {old}".format(old=__version__) +
 		  ", while the latest version is {}".format(_latest))
+else:
+	print("Plotly is currently up to date.\n" + 
+		  "Plotly version: {}".format(__version__))
diff --git a/plotly/check_version.py b/plotly/check_version.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import urllib2  # the lib that handles the url stuff
+import os
 import re
 
-
 def get_latest():
-	data = urllib2.urlopen('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/plotly.py/master/plotly/version.py') # it's a file like object and works just like a file
-	version_string = [i for i in data][0]
-	latest_version = re.findall(r'\'.*\'', version_string)[0][1:-1]
+	os.system('pip show plotly > pip_version.txt')
+	with open('pip_version.txt', 'r') as file:
+		output = [i for i in file][2]
+	latest_version = re.findall(r'\s.*\n', output)[0][1:-1]
 	return latest_version
 
 def run_duration(f, **kwargs):
diff --git a/plotly/version.py b/plotly/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = '1.9.7'
+__version__ = '1.9.6'
 
 
