annotate python/require.py @ 181:7f594703d75e

add trailing whitespace thingy
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:55:15 -0800
parents 09c748a71b1b
children 691b508084f1
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
rev   line source
156
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
1 def require(url):
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
2 """
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
3 import a module from the web
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4 url should be like scheme://host.name/path/to/module.py
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
5 """
157
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents: 156
diff changeset
6 import imp
156
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
7 import os
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
8 import tempfile
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
9 import urllib2
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
10 contents = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
11 filename = url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
12 module = filename.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
168
09c748a71b1b handle overlapping files
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents: 157
diff changeset
13 dest = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.py', prefix=module)
156
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
14 f = file(dest, 'w')
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
15 f.write(contents)
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
16 f.close()
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
17 return imp.load_source(module, dest)
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
18
a9c3a32d8385 add a function for loading modules from the web
Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
parents:
diff changeset
19 # TODO: make an equivalent method for a tarball