Use importlib_metadata for entry_points

Author: ocarmi

notifiers/core.py

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import importlib.util
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
 import jsonschema
 import requests
+from importlib_metadata import entry_points
 from jsonschema.exceptions import best_match
 
 from .exceptions import BadArguments, NoSuchNotifierError, NotificationError, SchemaError
@@ -397,12 +397,7 @@ def get_providers_from_entry_points(group_name: str = "notifiers") -> dict:
         >>> get_providers_from_entry_points("notifiers")
         {"plugin1": "package.module:PluginClass", "plugin2": "package2.module:OtherPluginClass"}
     """
-    result: dict = {}
-    points = entry_points()
-    for item in points.get(group_name, []):
-        if item.group == group_name:
-            result[item.name] = load_provider_from_points(item.value)
-    return result
+    return {point.name: load_provider_from_points(point.value) for point in entry_points(group=group_name)}
 
 
 def get_all_providers() -> dict:

pyproject.toml

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "click>=8.0.3",
+    "importlib-metadata>=3.6",
     "jsonschema>=4.4.0",
     "requests>=2.27.1,<3",
 ]