Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of ScantableFromUrl

Timestamp:

12/14/11 11:54:29 (14 years ago)

Author:

Malte Marquarding

Comment:

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ScantableFromUrl

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+Create a wrapper to also allow scanbtable creation directly from a file on the web.
+
+{{{
+import urllib2
+import tempfile
+from asap import scantable
+
+def urlscantable(*args, **kwargs):
+    if isinstance(args[0], basestring) and args[0].startswith("http"):
+        url = urllib2.urlopen(args[0])
+        tfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        tfile.write(url.read())
+        return scantable(tfile.name, *args[1:], **kwargs)
+    else:
+        return scantable(*args, **kwargs)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    s = urlscantable("http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/DataDepot/2008-03-12_0932-M999.rp\
+f")
+    print s
+
+}}}