importing a python dictionary only

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#1

hi

i’m trying to read a couple of blender addons and get some info from them, and i want to import the bl_info dictionary only, and i mean by only is i don’t want to import the imports in the script or any other class or method, i already searched the net and didn’t find a way i thought maybe here someone will help, is there a way to do that?

thank you.

#2

Have you tried:


from <module> import <function/class/dictionary>

i.e.


from math import sin as my_sin
from math import pi as my_pi

print(my_sin(my_pi/2))
#3

yes i did:

and it also imports the imports in the external py file!

i.e.

i have a file ‘script.py’ which contains:


bl_info = {
    "name": "something",
    "author": "someone",
    "version": (0, 0),
    "blender": (0,0,0)
    etc...
}


import bpy
import bpy
import urllib

class etc:
    do things

and i have the code to import that file:


from script import bl_info
print(bl_info['name'])

i’ll get an error on trying to import the bpy model!

one note that i don’t use blender as an ide, so normally bpy shouldn’t be available.

any thoughts.

#4

trying to kick this thread, any tips guys, are there any python gurus here?

#5

My only other suggestion would be to open the target .py file, extract the bl_info lines and use “eval” to load it yourself.

#6

extract the bl_info lines and use “eval” to load it yourself.

thanks for the answer, i did but it gives error on loading the wiki or tracker url!, i also tried ast.literal_eval with the same result.