added function to get the newest version number

yankev · yankev · commit 65185b05d9e7 · 2016-04-11T16:24:26.000-04:00
diff --git a/plotly/check_version.py b/plotly/check_version.py
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+import urllib2  # the lib that handles the url stuff
+import re
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+def get_latest():
+	data = urllib2.urlopen('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/plotly.py/master/plotly/version.py') # it's a file like object and works just like a file
+	version_string = [i for i in data][0]
+	latest_version = re.findall(r'\'.*', version_string)[0][1:-1]
+	return latest_version
+
+def run_duration(f, **kwargs):
+	import timeit
+	start_time = timeit.default_timer()
+	f(**kwargs)
+	return (timeit.default_timer() - start_time)
+	
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