add utility for extracting paths

src/labRemote/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from ._labRemote import incrDebug
 from ._labRemote import setLogLevel
 from ._labRemote import loglevel_e
 from .version import version as __version__
+from labRemote import utils
 
 import pkg_resources
 import os
@@ -23,4 +24,5 @@ __all__ = [
     "setLogLevel",
     "loglevel_e",
     "__version__",
+    "utils",
 ]

src/labRemote/utils.py

+import pathlib
+import pkg_resources
+
+
+def get_schema():
+    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+        __name__,
+        str(
+            pathlib.Path("share").joinpath(
+                __name__, "schema", "labremote_config_schema.json"
+            )
+        ),
+    )