Execute a python script on the internet from another python script

Question

Basically I have a python script which is an addon for Kodi. I would like to create some sort of IPTV and update channels accordingly but the addon won't get updated.

I've thought of a method where I have the python script hosted on the internet which includes several channels like this, then I call that script from the addon python script itself. Therefore when I want to add new channels, I only edit the script hosted on the internet. The internet script will look something like this:

url = 'link of channel'
li = xbmcgui.ListItem('Name of channel', iconImage='DefaultVideo.png')
xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=addon_handle, url=url, listitem=li)

Is this possible? Can I call this script hosted on the internet through another local python script and so it gets executed inside that script itself?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can download your script:

from urllib2 import urlopen
script = urlopen('url of your script')

Store somewhere where your plugin has access (ie resources/lib inside your addon folder):

import xbmcaddon
addon = xbmcaddon.Addon()
addonPath = addon.getAddonInfo('path')
script_data = script.read()
import xbmc
import os
script_file_path = os.path.join(xbmc.translatePath(addonPath), 'resources', 'lib', 'your_plugin.py')
script_file = open(scrip_file_path, 'w')
script_file.write(script_data)
script_file.close()

Then import it, and then call some functions you need from it.

from resources.lib.your_plugin import your_func
your_func()

Another way is not to host script itself on the server, but the list of channels, for example in JSON format, and then download it from plugin.