From 58981128f82cff027b8440834225c7a3b0af5c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 16:47:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add origin property. Ref #404.

---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index 857c9198..4a33b2dc 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import abc
 import csv
 import sys
+import json
 import zipp
 import email
+import types
 import inspect
 import pathlib
 import operator
@@ -618,6 +620,16 @@ def url_req_space(req):
             space = url_req_space(section.value)
             yield section.value + space + quoted_marker(section.name)
 
+    @property
+    def origin(self):
+        return self._load_json('direct_url.json')
+
+    def _load_json(self, filename):
+        return pass_none(json.loads)(
+            self.read_text(filename),
+            object_hook=lambda data: types.SimpleNamespace(**data),
+        )
+
 
 class DistributionFinder(MetaPathFinder):
     """