From 0c73bc0a169ec7a4043686769864901f5ec23dc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joshuaekingsbury <6468162+joshuaekingsbury@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:53:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Used Requests package (listed in ACX2 requirements.txt) to
 determine LATEST_ACX version in __init__.py to allow
 download_acx2_emissivity_files() to be called; removed 'import curl'

---
 __init__.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 0fb107d..29a970a 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import acx2
 import pyatomdb
-import curl
+import requests
 import os
 import shutil
 import time
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ def download_acx2_emissivity_files(adbroot, userid, version):
 
 
   if install=='yes':
-    a=curl.Curl()
-    version=a.get('%s/releases/LATEST_ACX'%(pyatomdb.const.FTPPATH))[:-1].decode(encoding='ascii')
+    r=requests.get('%s/releases/LATEST_ACX'%(pyatomdb.const.FTPPATH))
+    r.encoding = 'ascii'
+    version = r.text.partition('\n')[0]
     userprefs = pyatomdb.util.load_user_prefs(adbroot=adbroot)
     userid = userprefs['USERID']
     userprefs['LASTCXVERSIONCHECK'] = time.time()