import requests import pkg_resources class Version: PYPI_URL = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hackertray/json" @staticmethod def latest(): res = requests.get(Version.PYPI_URL).json() return res['info']['version'] @staticmethod def current(): return pkg_resources.require("hackertray")[0].version @staticmethod def new_available(): latest = Version.latest() current = Version.current() print [latest, current] try: if pkg_resources.parse_version(latest) > pkg_resources.parse_version(current): print "[+] New version " + latest + " is available" return True else: return False except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print "[+] There was an error in trying to fetch updates" return False