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Platform

Introduction

  • The platform module in Python is used to access the underlying platform’s data, such as hardware, operating system, and interpreter version information.
  • This module tries to retrieve as much platform-identifying data as possible.

How to install platform module in python?

  • platform module comes with python basic library so we don't need to install it Externally.

How to import platform module

You can start with importing the platform module in your program

Syntax:

#without alias
import platform

#With Alias
import platform as <AnyShortName>

Example:

#without alias
import platform

#With Alias
import platform as pl

How to get the list of available function in platform

#to Get the help of platform module use
print(help(platform))

#To get the list of functions and Variables
print(dir(platform))

Important Functions From platform Module

1.system()

  • System() returns the Operating system Name e.g. 'Linux','windows','Java'

Example

import platform

#Get operating system name
name=platform.system()

print(name)

Output:

Windows

2.architecture()

  • Returns a tuple (bits, linkage) which contain information about the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the executable.
  • Both values are returned as strings. Example:
import platform

#Get operating architecture
name=platform.architecture()

print(name)

Output:

('64bit', 'WindowsPE')

3.node()

  • node() returns an Computer network name.
  • An empty string is returned if value can not be determined.

Example:

import platform

#Get computer name in network
name=platform.node()

print(name)

Output:

'EKPubgikar'

4 .processor()

  • Returns The Actual processor name of machine. Example:
import platform

#Get processor name
name=platform.processor()
print(name)

Output:

'Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel'

5.machine()

  • Retruns the machine type e.g.'AMD64' Example:
import platform

#Get the machine type
name=platform.machine()

print(name)

Output:

'AMD64'

6.version()

  • Return the Operating system release version Example:
import platform

#Get the Release Version
name=platform.version()

print(name)

Output:

'10.0.17763'

7.python_version()

  • Returns the python version Example:
import platform

#Get the pthon version
name=platform.python_version()

print(name)

Output:

'3.7.3'

8.uname()

  • Returns a tuple of strings (system, node, release, version, machine, processor) Example:
import platform

#Get the Uname Details
details=platform.uname()

print(details)

Output:

uname_result(system='Windows',
node='EKPubgikar', 
release='10', 
version='10.0.17763', 
machine='AMD64', 
processor='Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel')

Other Remaing Function

9.python_build()

  • Returns a tuple (buildno, builddate) stating the Python build number and date as strings.

10.python_compiler()

  • Returns a string identifying the compiler used for compiling Python.

platform module official documentation Here