disco_utils.py

import subprocess
from importlib import util as importlibutil

def module_exists(module_name):
  return importlibutil.find_spec(module_name)

def gitclone(url, targetdir=None):
    if targetdir:
        res = subprocess.run(['git', 'clone', url, targetdir], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
    else:
        res = subprocess.run(['git', 'clone', url], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
    print(res)

def pipi(modulestr):
  res = subprocess.run(['pip', 'install', modulestr], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
  print(res)

def pipie(modulestr):
  res = subprocess.run(['git', 'install', '-e', modulestr], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
  print(res)

def wget(url, outputdir):
  res = subprocess.run(['wget', url, '-P', f'{outputdir}'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
  print(res)