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# python_requirements_info – Show python path and assert dependency versions

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Get info about available Python requirements on the target host, including listing required libraries and gathering versions.
- This module was called `python_requirements_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: python_requirements_facts

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
dependencies - |  | A list of version-likes or module names to check for installation. Supported operators: <, >, <=, >=, or ==. The bare module name like ansible, the module with a specific version like boto3==1.6.1, or a partial version like requests>2 are all valid specifications.

## Examples

    - name: show python lib/site paths
      python_requirements_info:
    - name: check for modern boto3 and botocore versions
      python_requirements_info:
        dependencies:
        - boto3>1.6
        - botocore<2

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
mismatched dictionary | always | A dictionary of dependencies that did not satisfy the desired version Sample: {'botocore': {'desired': 'botocore>2', 'installed': '1.10.60'}}
not_found dictionary | always | A list of packages that could not be imported at all, and are not installed Sample: ['boto4', 'requests']
python string | always | path to python version used Sample: /usr/local/opt/python@2/bin/python2.7
python_system_path list | always | List of paths python is looking for modules in Sample: ['/usr/local/opt/python@2/site-packages/', '/usr/lib/python/site-packages/', '/usr/lib/python/site-packages/']
python_version string | always | version of python Sample: 2.7.15 (default, May 1 2018, 16:44:08) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.1)]
valid dictionary | always | A dictionary of dependencies that matched their desired versions. If no version was specified, then desired will be null Sample: {'boto3': {'desired': None, 'installed': '1.7.60'}, 'botocore': {'desired': 'botocore<2', 'installed': '1.10.60'}}

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Will Thames (@willthames)
- Ryan Scott Brown (@ryansb)

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