Run remote python script

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Its perhaps not the safest thing in the world to do, but assuming risks have been accounted for, what's the simplest way to load an run a python script that is http(s) hosted, from the local machine?

axblount · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24 03:33:03Z

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# python 2
from urllib import urlopen
# python 3
from urllib.request import urlopen

page = urlopen('https://DANGEROUS').read()
exec(the_page)

EDIT: @jakekimds was right to point out that exec is more appropriate than eval here.

edited Mar 24, 2015 at 3:33

answered Mar 24, 2015 at 3:25

axblount

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jkd Over a year ago

exec is better for this purpose.

Ming Over a year ago

That said, what is your expected use-case? Most use-cases should be possible without eval/exec.

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