"No such file or directory" when executing remote source code

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How to execute Python3 code located remotely - e.g. github?

script_url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/geotheory/c874b88e712006802114a50d08c15c46/raw/1f218c0f4aa26b0596d9ef3b67005f7d4a9c8e99/python-test.py" exec(open(script_url).read()) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/geotheory/c874b88e712006802114a50d08c15c46/raw/1f218c0f4aa26b0596d9ef3b67005f7d4a9c8e99/python-test.py'

If there's a question already on this I'll happily delete this one, but I've not found anything.

open only applies to files that exists on your system's filesystem. The easiest way is to download the file and then execute it within Python. — metatoaster
– metatoaster, Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 10:06
Ah cracked it import urllib.request then exec(urllib.request.urlopen(script_url).read()) — geotheory
– geotheory, Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 10:07
since script_url is not a valid filesystem path, it will give that error. — Asif Mohammed
– Asif Mohammed, Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 10:09
@AzatIbrakov Assuming the URL points to safe code, is the risk any different to downloading the script and executing it locally? — geotheory
– geotheory, Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 10:12

Azat Ibrakov · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-04 10:08:45Z

You can do like below

import urllib script_url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/geotheory/c874b88e712006802114a50d08c15c46/raw/1f218c0f4aa26b0596d9ef3b67005f7d4a9c8e99/python-test.py" f = urllib.urlopen(script_url) data = f.read() exec(data)

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