Added initialisation and version getting function

details.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	'name' : 'Python-Printr',
+    'packages' : ['printr'],
+    'version' : '0.0.1',
+    'description' : 'Python module to allow a print line to be updated after printing',
+    'author' : 'Jake Howard',
+    'author_email' : 'me@theorangeone.net ',
+    'url' : 'https://github.com/RealOrangeOne/Printr',
+    'license':'MIT',
+    'platforms':['any']
+}

printr/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Import python modules
+import os
+from json import loads as json_loads
+
+# Import Printr Modules
 from .simplePrintr import SimplePrintr
 from .itterPrintr import ItterPrintr
-from .ellipsisPrintr import EllipsisPrintr
+from .ellipsisPrintr import EllipsisPrintr
+
+# Initialise
+PRINTR_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+with open(PRINTR_PATH + '/details.json') as file:
+	PRINTR_DETAILS = json_loads(file)
+
+
+def get_version():
+	return PRINTR_DETAILS.version

setup.py

@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
-
+from json import loads as json_loads
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = None
 try:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = open('README.md').read()
 except:
     pass
 
+DETAILS = None
+with open('details.json') as file:
+    DETAILS = json_loads(file)
+
 setup(
-    name = 'Python-Printr',
+    name = DETAILS.name,
-    packages = ['printr'],
+    packages = DETAILS.packages,
-    version = '0.0.1',
+    version = DETAILS.version,
-    description = 'Python module to allow a print line to be updated after printing',
+    description = DETAILS.description,
     long_description = LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-    author = 'Jake Howard',
+    author = DETAILS.author,
-    author_email = 'me@theorangeone.net ',
+    author_email = DETAILS.author_email,
-    url = 'https://github.com/RealOrangeOne/Printr',
+    url = DETAILS.url,
-    license='MIT',
+    license = DETAILS.license,
-    platforms=['any']
+    platforms = DETAILS.platform
 )