RunPythonScript: Use http address for script instead of file on local directory?

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Trying to assign a script to a button in Rhino, but the script is stored on a http site. We’ve usually used a local directory which works fine but I can’t seem to access the script via a button. What I’m doing looks something like this
-_RunPythonScript (http://acd/CS/script.py)

which isn’t working :cry:
But if i were to type RunPythonScript in rhino’s command bar, window opens up the pop up/dialogue to select files, and I just paste the address above into where it says file name, it runs fine. I tried writing a python script to get around this but that didn’t work either:

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

directory = "http://darkknight/ControlledSoftware/TestSphere.py"

rs.Command("-_RunPythonScript " + directory + " _Enter")

Is it possible to get something like this to work? With or without the script above?

Thank you.

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I suggest you try:

directory = r"http://darkknight/ControlledSoftware/TestSphere.py"
rs.Command(“-_RunPythonScript " + directory + " _Enter”)

Regards,
Terry.

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Hey thanks for the response Terry. Could you explain the difference in what you did vs what I wrote? I am noticing different direction for the slashes and the addition of r in front of the address. It doesn’t seem to be working for me. But I might be able to work out why with some explanation if that’s ok.
Thank you :slight_smile:

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I tried both direction of slashes in Rhino on my system with a local file and both were successful (/ and ).

The r in front of the string means use the raw string. This avoids the need to use double slashes inside the string in cases where the slash plus the following character is a special combination (like \n for new line). Your string does not seem to contain one of these but to be safe I always use the r so I do not have to worry about it.

I get this to work with a local file but I cannot test it with a file at a http location since I do not have an http location to put my file.

So I do not know how to make this work for you.

Regards,
Terry.

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You can try this. It worked on my localhost http server for static content. You may have to adjust for your network/server situation.

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import scriptcontext as sc
import Rhino as R

# use this to 'talk' http
import httplib

# Connect to your server, make the request, read response.
# May have to adjust, can't test on your setup, but I pulled a static
# file from my http server and it seemed to work.
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('darknight', 80) 
conn.request('GET', '/ControlledSoftware/TestSphere.py')
response = conn.getresponse()

# just for troubleshooting
print response.getheaders()

# this should be the TestSphere.py contents
script_string = response.read()

# just for troubleshooting
print script_string

# need this to excecute a python script from a str
python_script = R.Runtime.PythonScript.Create()
python_script.ExecuteScript(script_string)
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