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feat: expose __version__ via importlib.metadata
invalid-email-address Aug 5, 2026
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feat: add exists() method to check if model is available locally
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions ollama/__init__.py
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from ollama._client import AsyncClient, Client
from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
from ollama._types import (
ChatResponse,
EmbeddingsResponse,
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ps = _client.ps
web_search = _client.web_search
web_fetch = _client.web_fetch
exists = _client.exists


try:
__version__ = version("ollama")
except PackageNotFoundError:
__version__ = "unknown"
6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions ollama/_client.py
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Expand Up @@ -670,6 +670,12 @@ def ps(self) -> ProcessResponse:
'GET',
'/api/ps',
)
def exists(self, model: str) -> bool:
try:
self.show(model)
return True
except Exception:
return False

def web_search(self, query: str, max_results: int = 3) -> WebSearchResponse:
"""
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