A python package that extracts go build information from go based executables, go.mod and go.sum files and shared libraries. The package leverages the golang debug/buildinfo and golang.org/x/mod/modfile packages to extract the information hence relies on a shared library to do this work.

Dependency note: this package is being deprecated in favor of the unified package pygorpmrustinfo. If you depend on this package in another project, update your dependency declaration (for example in requirements, pyproject.toml, setup.cfg, or setup.py) to depend on pygorpmrustinfo instead. The unified package preserves the existing functionality while avoiding the multiple-Go-runtime risk discussed in Go issue #65050 and reducing memory usage.

Example usage

from pygobuildinfo import get_go_build_info, get_go_mod, get_go_sum
import json


def test_get_info(file):
    res = get_go_build_info(file)
    print(json.dumps(res, indent=4))

def test_go_mod(file):
    res = get_go_mod(file)
    print(json.dumps(res,indent=4))

def test_go_sum(file):
    res = get_go_sum(file)
    print(json.dumps(res,indent=4))

test_get_info("foo/bar")
test_get_info("/usr/bin/du")
test_get_info("/Users/auser/go/src/spire/support/oidc-discovery-provider/oidc-discovery-provider.elf")
test_get_info("/Users/auser/go/src/spire/support/oidc-discovery-provider/oidc-discovery-provider.exe")
test_get_info("/Users/auser/go/src/spire/support/oidc-discovery-provider/oidc-discovery-provider")
test_get_info("/Users/auser/go/pygobuildinfo/pybuildInfo/_pyGoBuildinfo.cpython-39-darwin.so")
test_go_mod("/Users/auser/go/src/pygobuildInfo/go.mod")
test_go_sum("/Users/auser/go/src/pygobuildInfo/go.sum")

The result returned is always a dict object for errors the dictionary returned contains a key; "error" like;

{
    "error": "path error:foo/bar"
}

or

{
    "error": "/usr/bin/du: could not read Go build info from /usr/bin/du: unrecognized file format"
}

on success a python dict of the buildinfo struct is returned

{
    "GoVersion": "go1.18.4",
    "Path": "github.com/spiffe/spire/support/oidc-discovery-provider",
    "Main": {
        "Path": "github.com/spiffe/spire",
        "Version": "(devel)",
        "Sum": "",
        "Replace": null
    },
    "Deps": [
        {
            "Path": "github.com/DataDog/datadog-go",
            "Version": "v3.2.0+incompatible",
            "Sum": "h1:qSG2N4FghB1He/r2mFrWKCaL7dXCilEuNEeAn20fdD4=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/andres-erbsen/clock",
            "Version": "v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129",
            "Sum": "h1:MzBOUgng9orim59UnfUTLRjMpd09C5uEVQ6RPGeCaVI=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/armon/go-metrics",
            "Version": "v0.4.0",
            "Sum": "h1:yCQqn7dwca4ITXb+CbubHmedzaQYHhNhrEXLYUeEe8Q=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/beorn7/perks",
            "Version": "v1.0.1",
            "Sum": "h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2",
            "Version": "v2.1.2",
            "Sum": "h1:YRXhKfTDauu4ajMg1TPgFO5jnlC2HCbmLXMcTG5cbYE=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/fatih/color",
            "Version": "v1.13.0",
            "Sum": "h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/felixge/httpsnoop",
            "Version": "v1.0.2",
            "Sum": "h1:+nS9g82KMXccJ/wp0zyRW9ZBHFETmMGtkk+2CTTrW4o=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/golang/protobuf",
            "Version": "v1.5.2",
            "Sum": "h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/gorilla/handlers",
            "Version": "v1.5.1",
            "Sum": "h1:9lRY6j8DEeeBT10CvO9hGW0gmky0BprnvDI5vfhUHH4=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog",
            "Version": "v1.2.1",
            "Sum": "h1:YQsLlGDJgwhXFpucSPyVbCBviQtjlHv3jLTlp8YmtEw=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix",
            "Version": "v1.3.1",
            "Sum": "h1:DKHmCUm2hRBK510BaiZlwvpD40f8bJFeZnpfm2KLowc=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru",
            "Version": "v0.5.4",
            "Sum": "h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/hashicorp/hcl",
            "Version": "v1.0.1-0.20190430135223-99e2f22d1c94",
            "Sum": "h1:LaH4JWe6Q7ICdxL5raxQjSRw7Pj8uTtAENrjejIYZIg=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/mattn/go-colorable",
            "Version": "v0.1.12",
            "Sum": "h1:jF+Du6AlPIjs2BiUiQlKOX0rt3SujHxPnksPKZbaA40=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/mattn/go-isatty",
            "Version": "v0.0.14",
            "Sum": "h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions",
            "Version": "v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369",
            "Sum": "h1:I0XW9+e1XWDxdcEniV4rQAIOPUGDq67JSCiRCgGCZLI=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/pkg/errors",
            "Version": "v0.9.1",
            "Sum": "h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
            "Version": "v1.12.2",
            "Sum": "h1:51L9cDoUHVrXx4zWYlcLQIZ+d+VXHgqnYKkIuq4g/34=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/prometheus/client_model",
            "Version": "v0.2.0",
            "Sum": "h1:uq5h0d+GuxiXLJLNABMgp2qUWDPiLvgCzz2dUR+/W/M=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/prometheus/common",
            "Version": "v0.32.1",
            "Sum": "h1:hWIdL3N2HoUx3B8j3YN9mWor0qhY/NlEKZEaXxuIRh4=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/prometheus/procfs",
            "Version": "v0.7.3",
            "Sum": "h1:4jVXhlkAyzOScmCkXBTOLRLTz8EeU+eyjrwB/EPq0VU=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/sirupsen/logrus",
            "Version": "v1.8.1",
            "Sum": "h1:dJKuHgqk1NNQlqoA6BTlM1Wf9DOH3NBjQyu0h9+AZZE=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2",
            "Version": "v2.0.1-0.20220414143532-2ed460a8b9d3",
            "Sum": "h1:FpqM5PfWHs4Ze36HwzMpRefrv8kkmxFgtG9Qc6hL7Dc=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/spiffe/spire-api-sdk",
            "Version": "v1.2.2-0.20220317172821-e2705b35aa09",
            "Sum": "h1:2oavALIvyKv+M9Q2CWoz3UlJn4DT+oAhVO1qIgaq0GA=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/twmb/murmur3",
            "Version": "v1.1.6",
            "Sum": "h1:mqrRot1BRxm+Yct+vavLMou2/iJt0tNVTTC0QoIjaZg=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4",
            "Version": "v4.1.2",
            "Sum": "h1:NlU/4j+AAaPHG7yxQVmu0QY7H0W9FFDjFznwAU0t+rE=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "github.com/zeebo/errs",
            "Version": "v1.3.0",
            "Sum": "h1:hmiaKqgYZzcVgRL1Vkc1Mn2914BbzB0IBxs+ebeutGs=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "go.uber.org/atomic",
            "Version": "v1.9.0",
            "Sum": "h1:ECmE8Bn/WFTYwEW/bpKD3M8VtR/zQVbavAoalC1PYyE=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "golang.org/x/crypto",
            "Version": "v0.0.0-20220511200225-c6db032c6c88",
            "Sum": "h1:Tgea0cVUD0ivh5ADBX4WwuI12DUd2to3nCYe2eayMIw=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "golang.org/x/net",
            "Version": "v0.0.0-20220624214902-1bab6f366d9e",
            "Sum": "h1:TsQ7F31D3bUCLeqPT0u+yjp1guoArKaNKmCr22PYgTQ=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "golang.org/x/sys",
            "Version": "v0.0.0-20220624220833-87e55d714810",
            "Sum": "h1:rHZQSjJdAI4Xf5Qzeh2bBc5YJIkPFVM6oDtMFYmgws0=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "golang.org/x/text",
            "Version": "v0.3.7",
            "Sum": "h1:olpwvP2KacW1ZWvsR7uQhoyTYvKAupfQrRGBFM352Gk=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "google.golang.org/genproto",
            "Version": "v0.0.0-20220624142145-8cd45d7dbd1f",
            "Sum": "h1:hJ/Y5SqPXbarffmAsApliUlcvMU+wScNGfyop4bZm8o=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "google.golang.org/grpc",
            "Version": "v1.47.0",
            "Sum": "h1:9n77onPX5F3qfFCqjy9dhn8PbNQsIKeVU04J9G7umt8=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "google.golang.org/protobuf",
            "Version": "v1.28.0",
            "Sum": "h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=",
            "Replace": null
        },
        {
            "Path": "gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2",
            "Version": "v2.6.0",
            "Sum": "h1:NGk74WTnPKBNUhNzQX7PYcTLUjoq7mzKk2OKbvwk2iI=",
            "Replace": null
        }
    ],
    "Settings": [
        {
            "Key": "-compiler",
            "Value": "gc"
        },
        {
            "Key": "CGO_ENABLED",
            "Value": "0"
        },
        {
            "Key": "GOARCH",
            "Value": "amd64"
        },
        {
            "Key": "GOOS",
            "Value": "linux"
        },
        {
            "Key": "GOAMD64",
            "Value": "v1"
        },
        {
            "Key": "vcs",
            "Value": "git"
        },
        {
            "Key": "vcs.revision",
            "Value": "6cdc33ac0c19ca30b9e76313e8f17cfba0c86996"
        },
        {
            "Key": "vcs.time",
            "Value": "2022-07-13T19:09:00Z"
        },
        {
            "Key": "vcs.modified",
            "Value": "true"
        }
    ]
}

For go_sum and go_mod the structure will be similar with less info a go.sum does not know the module its part of nor go versions so just has dependencies, versions and hashes. For a go.mod it may have go version will have module path and dependencies but no hashes.