def parse_setup(filepath):
    '''Get the kwargs from the setup function in setup.py'''
    # TODO: Need to parse setup.cfg and merge with the data from below

    # Monkey patch setuptools.setup to capture keyword arguments
    setup_kwargs = {}

    def setup_interceptor(**kwargs):
        setup_kwargs.update(kwargs)

    import setuptools
    setuptools_setup = setuptools.setup
    setuptools.setup = setup_interceptor

    # Manually compile setup.py
    with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
        code = compile(f.read(), '', 'exec')
    setup = ModuleType('setup')
    exec(code, setup.__dict__)

    # Remove monkey patch
    setuptools.setup = setuptools_setup
    return setup_kwargs
Get the kwargs from the setup function in setup.py