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[Python] import from Gist
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
def load_gist(gist_id):
"""translate Gist ID to URL"""
from json import load
from urllib import urlopen
gist_api = urlopen("https://api.github.com/gists/" + gist_id)
files = load(gist_api)["files"]
files_head_member = files.keys()[0]
raw_url = files[files_head_member]["raw_url"]
gist_src = urlopen(raw_url).read()
return gist_src
def import_from_gist(gist_id):
"""import from Gist"""
from sys import path
from tempfile import mkdtemp
gist_src = load_gist(gist_id)
temp_dir = mkdtemp()
path.append(temp_dir)
with open(temp_dir + "/module{}.py".format(gist_id), "w") as f:
f.write(gist_src)
exec "import module{} as mod".format(gist_id)
return mod
if __name__ == "__main__":
gist_id = "55b8bec6e652c860f287288d98bc507f"
mod = import_from_gist(gist_id)
mod.hello()
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