Refactor datamapplot version retrieval to use subprocess and update requirements to point to the main branch

app.py

@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ import gradio as gr
 
 print(f"Gradio version: {gr.__version__}")
 
-import importlib.metadata
+import subprocess
 
-try:
-    version_metadata = importlib.metadata.version("datamapplot")
-    print("datamapplot version via importlib.metadata:", version_metadata)
-except Exception as e:
-    print("Could not obtain version via importlib.metadata:", e)
+def print_datamapplot_version():
+    try:
+        # On Unix systems, you can pipe commands by setting shell=True.
+        version = subprocess.check_output("pip freeze | grep datamapplot", shell=True, text=True)
+        print("datamapplot version:", version.strip())
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print("datamapplot not found in pip freeze output.")
 
+print_datamapplot_version()
 
 
 

requirements.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-setuptools==77.0.3
-datamapplot @ git+https://github.com/TutteInstitute/datamapplot.git@cda9fa5e86714a7937130c31ee04fa63f23317a5
+datamapplot @ git+https://github.com/TutteInstitute/datamapplot.git@main
 uvicorn
 fastapi
-gradio==5.16.1
 numpy
 requests
 pyalex