from os.path import dirname, join, realpath import pydoc try: from urllib.request import urlretrieve except ImportError: from urllib import urlretrieve url = ("http://raw.githubusercontent.com/satwikkansal/" "wtfpython/master/README.md") file_path = join(dirname(dirname(realpath(__file__))), "content.md") def fetch_updated_doc(): """ Fetch the latest version of the file at `url` and save it to `file_path`. If anything goes wrong, do nothing. """ try: print("Fetching the latest version...") urlretrieve(url, file_path) print("Done!") except Exception as e: print(e) print("Uh oh, failed to check for the latest version, " "using the local version for now.") def render_doc(): with open(file_path, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as f: content = f.read() pydoc.pager(content) def load_and_read(): fetch_updated_doc() render_doc() if __name__== "__main__": load_and_read()