importing over network

[=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Bo=B9tjan_Jerko?=]

Is there a possibility to do import over the network?
I would like to put all my modules on a server and import them over the
network (internet or LAN).

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[Michael Hudson]

Is there a possibility to do import over the network? I would like
to put all my modules on a server and import them over the network
(internet or LAN).

Well, it's probably possible, but I'm not sure about easy or wise.
Something like NFS or samba is surely easier...

Cheers,
mwh

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

I never worked with them, but there seems to be a mechanism named "import
hook" - google for it. That might be what you are looking for.

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

The second later, I found this:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/305277

 

[Cliff Wells]

Is there a possibility to do import over the network?
I would like to put all my modules on a server and import them over the
network (internet or LAN).

You could use something like this (assuming the remote module is named
'foo.py' and has a function named 'foo'):

import sys, urllib, imp

remoteModules = {
'foo': 'http://www.IBetterKnowThisURLIsSecure.com/foo.py',
}

for name, url in remoteModules.items():
code = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
module = imp.new_module(name)
exec code in module.__dict__
globals()[name] = module

foo.foo()

This is pretty limited (doesn't support packages for one thing, and I'm
sure there's probably more restrictions). I'd personally take a look at
the ihooks module and see if you can use that instead.

You might also use some library that can pull down entire web sites
(such as HarvestMan) to pull the modules or packages locally and then
just use __import__ to import them. This would also give you some
caching abilities.

Regards,
Cliff