comparison python/require.py @ 156:a9c3a32d8385

add a function for loading modules from the web
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:43:34 -0700
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1 def require(url):
2 """
3 import a module from the web
4 url should be like scheme://host.name/path/to/module.py
5 """
6 import os
7 import tempfile
8 import urllib2
9 contents = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
10 filename = url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
11 module = filename.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
12 dest = os.path.join(tempfile, filename)
13 f = file(dest, 'w')
14 f.write(contents)
15 f.close()
16 return imp.load_source(module, dest)
17
18 # TODO: make an equivalent method for a tarball