Merge pull request #109 from vpodzime/master-no_requests

Remove the dependency on the 'requests' Python package

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ $ cfbs install .
 `cfbs` is implemented in Python and has a few dependencies:
 
 * Python 3.5 or newer
-* `requests` python library
 * `git` CLI installed and in PATH
 * `rsync`
 * `autoconf` for configuring masterfiles module (typical usage but not required)

cfbs/utils.py

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 import subprocess
 import hashlib
 import urllib
+import urllib.request  # needed on some platforms
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from shutil import rmtree
 
-import requests
-
 from cfbs.pretty import pretty
 
 SHA1_RE = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{40}$")
@@ -84,9 +83,9 @@ def user_error(msg: str):
 
 
 def get_json(url: str) -> OrderedDict:
-    r = requests.get(url)
-    assert r.status_code >= 200 and r.status_code < 300
-    return r.json(object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as r:
+        assert r.status >= 200 and r.status < 300
+        return json.loads(r.read().decode(), object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
 
 
 def get_or_read_json(path: str) -> OrderedDict:

requirements.txt

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-requests>=2.25.1

setup.py

@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@
         ]
     },
     install_requires=[
-      "requests >= 2.25.1",
     ],
 )