Package: vswhere
Python vswhereThis module provides an interface to Microsoft's Visual Studio locator tool,vswhere.If Visual Studio 15.2 or later has been installed, this will use the vswhere
binary installed with Visual Studio. Otherwise, it will download the latest
release of vswhere the first time a function is called.Usagefind()andfind_first()are the most generic functions. They support most of
thecommand line optionsto vswhere.find()returns a list of installed copies of Visual Studio matching
the given options, andfind_first()returns only the first result.If you are only interested in the latest version of Visual Studio, useget_latest(). To get just the installation path, useget_latest_path().
To get just the version number, useget_latest_version()orget_latest_major_version().
These functions also support the same arguments asfind(), so you can find
pre-releases or different products such as build tools.If you want to use your own version of vswhere.exe instead of the one installed
with Visual Studio, useset_vswhere_path()to provide its location.If you want to use a mirror instead of GitHub to download vswhere.exe, for
example when on an intranet that does not have access to GitHub, useset_download_mirror()and provide the URL of the mirror.Examples>>>importpprint,vswhere>>>vswhere.get_latest_path()'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community'>>>vswhere.get_latest_path(products='Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.BuildTools')'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\BuildTools'>>>vswhere.get_latest_version()'16.5.30011.22'>>>vswhere.get_latest_major_version()16>>>vswhere.find(legacy=True,prop='installationPath')['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community','C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\']>>>pp=pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4,width=200)>>>pp.pprint(vswhere.find(legacy=True))[{'catalog':{'buildBranch':'d16.5','buildVersion':'16.5.30011.22','id':'VisualStudio/16.5.4+30011.22','localBuild':'build-lab','manifestName':'VisualStudio','manifestType':'installer','productDisplayVersion':'16.5.4','productLine':'Dev16','productLineVersion':'2019','productMilestone':'RTW','productMilestoneIsPreRelease':'False','productName':'Visual Studio','productPatchVersion':'4','productPreReleaseMilestoneSuffix':'1.0','productSemanticVersion':'16.5.4+30011.22','requiredEngineVersion':'2.5.2141.57745'},'channelId':'VisualStudio.16.Release','channelUri':'https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/channel','description':'Powerful IDE, free for students, open-source contributors, and individuals','displayName':'Visual Studio Community 2019','enginePath':'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Installer\\resources\\app\\ServiceHub\\Services\\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service','installDate':'2019-06-24T05:30:57Z','installationName':'VisualStudio/16.5.4+30011.22','installationPath':'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community','installationVersion':'16.5.30011.22','instanceId':'0a09d80d','isComplete':True,'isLaunchable':True,'isPrerelease':False,'isRebootRequired':False,'productId':'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community','productPath':'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\Common7\\IDE\\devenv.exe','properties':{'campaignId':'1263684068.1543796472','channelManifestId':'VisualStudio.16.Release/16.5.4+30011.22','nickname':'','setupEngineFilePath':'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Installer\\vs_installershell.exe'},'releaseNotes':'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=660893#16.5.4','state':4294967295,'thirdPartyNotices':'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=660909','updateDate':'2020-05-10T17:04:46.9919584Z'},{'installationPath':'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\','installationVersion':'14.0','instanceId':'VisualStudio.14.0'}]