Python: get information about current operating system • Programmer

To get information about the operating system, on which our code is executed, we can use the “platform” module.

The system() method of this moduel returns the text name of the operating system:

import platform

print(platform.system())

# Windows

import platform

print(platform.system())

# Windows

The release() method returns the release number or the text name of the current OS release:

import platform

print(platform.release())

# 10
# Vista

import platform

print(platform.release())

# 10

# Vista

The platform() method returns the string with a more detailed OS description:

import platform

print(platform.platform())

# Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0

import platform

print(platform.platform())

# Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0

The version() method returns the version of the current OS:

import platform

print(platform.version())

# 10.0.19042

import platform

print(platform.version())

# 10.0.19042

The architecture() method returns the tuple with the architecture of the current operating system:

import platform

print(platform.architecture())

# ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')

import platform

print(platform.architecture())

# ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')