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Instantiate all the classes in a target module without explicitly naming them
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import sys | |
from datetime import datetime | |
class GoogleNewsScraper(): | |
def __init__(self): | |
self.date_modified = datetime.today() | |
def scrape(self): | |
print(f"scraping data from google news: {self.date_modified: %Y-%m-%d}.") | |
class YahooNewsScraper(): | |
def __init__(self): | |
self.date_modified = datetime.today() | |
def scrape(self): | |
print(f"scraping data from yahoo news: {self.date_modified: %Y-%m-%d}.") | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
# get target module --> replace with actual module name if referencing external module | |
target_module = sys.modules[__name__] | |
module_contents = dir(target_module) | |
# get all relevant classes in the module | |
class_list = [] | |
for c in module_contents: | |
if not c in ('sys', 'datetime', 'target_module') and not c.startswith('__'): | |
class_list.append(getattr(target_module, c)) | |
# instantiate all classes and call the scrape method | |
scrapers = [s() for s in class_list] | |
for s in scrapers: | |
s.scrape() | |
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