--- a/talosnames/api.py	Tue Jul 10 18:10:39 2012 -0700
+++ b/talosnames/api.py	Tue Jul 10 18:18:42 2012 -0700
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 import sqlite3
 import sys
 import talos
+import tempfile
 import urllib2
+import yaml
+
+try:
+    call = subprocess.check_call
+except:
+    call = subprocess.call
 
 talos_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(talos.__file__))
 
@@ -100,6 +107,12 @@
         """returns talos configuration for suite `name`"""
         command = self.buildbot_command(name)
         assert command is not None, "Suite not found: %s" % name
+        outfile = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.yml')
+        command += ['-o', outfile] # add an output file
+        command += ['-e', sys.executable] # add a pretend firefox so PerfConfigurator won't whine
+        call(['PerfConfigurator'] + command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=talos_dir)
+        assert os.path.exists(outfile)
+        config = yaml.load(file(outfile))
 
     def __call__(self, name=None):
         retval = []