including python packages?

paxfeline

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Sorry if this is a basic question. I'm new to python programming. On my local system, I installed a package, https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client

Is it possible for me to use the package from my free hosting account? Would it involve uploading the files of the package? I'm a bit confused because when I installed it on my system, I used a terminal command and didn't actually download the files directly.

Thanks,
-David
 

essellar

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You would not have shell access on the server, so yes, you would have to upload the .py files. Because these are not binaries, just Python, you don't need to do any special installation.

That said, Python is not supported on Free Hosting accounts. There may be occasional windows in time where Python is available, but consider them oddities resulting from configuration issues (due to server maintenance, etc.). You would need to be using Premium hosting, or illuminated (when that becomes available for sign-up again) for Python to be reliably available.
 
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