version file has been updated to include a travis commit and time of build.

.travis.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ deploy:
   region: eu-west-1
   on: *2
 before_deploy:
+- ./scripts/update_version_file.sh
 - zip -r notifications-api *
 - mkdir -p dpl_cd_upload
 - mv notifications-api.zip dpl_cd_upload/notifications-api-$TRAVIS_BRANCH-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER-$TRAVIS_COMMIT.zip

app/__init__.py

@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ def convert_to_number(value):
 
 
 def get_api_version():
-    _version_re = re.compile(r'__version__\s+=\s+(.*)')
-    version = 'n/a'
-    dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    with open(os.path.join(dir_path, 'version.py'), 'rb') as f:
-        version = str(ast.literal_eval(_version_re.search(
-            f.read().decode('utf-8')).group(1)))
-    return version
+    build = 'n/a'
+    build_time = "n/a"
+    try:
+        from app import version
+        build = version.__build__
+        build_time = version.__time__
+    except:
+        pass
+    return build, build_time
 
 
 def get_db_version():

app/status/healthcheck.py

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ status = Blueprint('status', __name__)
 @status.route('/_status', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def show_status():
     from app import (get_api_version, get_db_version)
+    build, build_time = get_api_version()
     return jsonify(status="ok",
-                   api_version=get_api_version(),
+                   api_build=build,
+                   api_built_time=build_time,
                    db_version=get_db_version()), 200

app/version.py

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.1'
+__build__ = "12345"
+__time__ = "2016-01-01:10:10:10"

scripts/update_version_file.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Update the version file of the project from the Travis build details
+#
+sed -i -e "s/__build__ =.*/__build__ = \"$TRAVIS_COMMIT\"/g" ./app/version.py
+sed -i -e "s/__time__ =.*/__time__ = \"$('date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S')\"/g" ./app/version.py