Load VisiData Plugins using Entry Points

pyproject.toml

# sample poetry plugin section (which equates to setup.py entry point)
# extracted from https://github.com/ajkerrigan/visidata-plugins/pull/17/files#diff-4335f179817b92f616b8895564efdcb417ef24644176089a2a4be9d213768c2fR20-R21
# map a plugin name to the importable module that implements it

[tool.poetry.plugins."visidata.plugin"]
"vds3" = "visidata_s3"

visidatarc.py

# sample visidatrc snippet to find and load visidata plugin modules that define a `visidata.plugin` entry point


try:
    from importlib import metadata

    plugins = metadata.entry_points().select(group="visidata.plugin")
except (AttributeError, ImportError):
    try:
        # Required for selectable entry points prior to Python 3.10
        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html#entry-points
        import importlib_metadata

        plugins = importlib_metadata.entry_points().select(group="visidata.plugin")
    except (ImportError, FileNotFoundError):
        plugins = ()

for plugin in plugins:
    vd.status(f"importing module {plugin.value} for plugin: {plugin.name}")
    import_module(plugin.value)