From 73f8a8be36f273221c8c5a3446d212b6dd08d982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JonnyWong16 <9099342+JonnyWong16@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:40:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix parsing requirements in setup.py (#1075)

---
 setup.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 341b3d8f1..0e53acd0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 Install PlexAPI
 """
+from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
@@ -14,12 +15,8 @@
 readme = open('README.rst', 'r').read()
 
 # Get requirements
-requirements = []
 with open('requirements.txt') as handle:
-    for line in handle.readlines():
-        if not line.startswith('#'):
-            package = line.strip().split('=', 1)[0]
-            requirements.append(package)
+    requirements = [str(req) for req in parse_requirements(handle)]
 
 setup(
     name='PlexAPI',