From 3c12bccce22127191c9e802ff0f85e0e3afeff8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: noklam <nok.lam.chan@quantumblack.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:32:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add conditional import to fix importlib not available in
 python 3.7

Signed-off-by: noklam <nok.lam.chan@quantumblack.com>
---
 kedro/framework/cli/utils.py | 3 ++-
 kedro/utils.py               | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kedro/framework/cli/utils.py b/kedro/framework/cli/utils.py
index c6dac00fd7..d32a0593c8 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/cli/utils.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/cli/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping, Sequence, Set, Tuple, Union
 
 import click
-import importlib_metadata
+
+from kedro.utils import importlib_metadata
 
 CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=["-h", "--help"])
 MAX_SUGGESTIONS = 3
diff --git a/kedro/utils.py b/kedro/utils.py
index 4c57b79114..e7a271f4ce 100644
--- a/kedro/utils.py
+++ b/kedro/utils.py
@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 of kedro package.
 """
 import importlib
+import sys
 from typing import Any
 
+# backward compatiblity
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from importlib import (  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=unused-import,
+        metadata as importlib_metadata,
+    )
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=unused-import
+
 
 def load_obj(obj_path: str, default_obj_path: str = "") -> Any:
     """Extract an object from a given path.