setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import os

def getreadme():
    with open('README.md') as readme_file:
        return readme_file.read()

def getversion():
    """Fetches version information from VERSION file"""
    with open(os.path.join('cdcs', 'VERSION')) as version_file:
        version = version_file.read().strip()
    return version

setup(name = 'cdcs',
      version = getversion(),
      description = 'Python API client for performing REST calls to configurable data curation system (CDCS) databases',
      long_description = getreadme(),
      classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
        'Natural Language :: English',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics'
      ],
      keywords = [
        'CDCS', 
        'database', 
        'rest API', 
        'configurable data curation system',
      ], 
      url = 'https://github.com/usnistgov/pycdcs',
      author = 'Lucas Hale',
      author_email = 'lucas.hale@nist.gov',
      packages = find_packages(),
      install_requires = [
        'requests',
        'pandas'
      ],
      package_data={'': ['*']},
      zip_safe = False)