# Pkg API for getting UUID of another package

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-api-for-getting-uuid-of-another-package/15061>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-api-for-getting-uuid-of-another-package/15061 "2018-09-17T11:58:53Z")\
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```julia
julia> using Pkg

julia> Pkg.METADATA_compatible_uuid("Distributions")
UUID("31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f")

```

(note that I think this is just temporary until METADATA is a thing of the past)

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