backends: Dynamically import the backend we want to use.
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import os
import re
import sys
-from . import backends
from . import util
-from .settings import CACHE_DIR, __cache_version__
+from .settings import CACHE_DIR, MODULE_DIR, __cache_version__
def list_backends():
"""List color backends."""
- return [backend for backend in dir(backends) if "__" not in backend]
+ return [b.name.replace(".py", "") for b in
+ os.scandir(os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "backends"))
+ if "__" not in b.name]
def colors_to_dict(colors, img):
@@ -92,7 +93,13 @@ def get(img, light=False, backend="wal", cache_dir=CACHE_DIR):
else:
print("wal: Generating a colorscheme...")
- # Dynamic shiz.
+ # Dynamically import the backend we want to use.
+ # This keeps the dependencies "optional".
+ try:
+ __import__("pywal.backends.%s" % backend)
+ except ImportError:
+ backend = "wal"
+
backend = sys.modules["pywal.backends.%s" % backend]
colors = colors_to_dict(getattr(backend, "get")(img, light), img)
