Simplified try/except with docopt

EMSL_api.py

@@ -33,14 +33,10 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 
 import sys
 
-try:
-    from docopt import docopt
-    from EMSL_utility import EMSL_dump
-    from EMSL_utility import format_dict
-    from EMSL_utility import EMSL_local
-except:
-    print "Run setup.py then source EMSL_api.rc"
-    sys.exit(1)
+from src.docopt import docopt
+from src.EMSL_utility import EMSL_dump
+from src.EMSL_utility import format_dict
+from src.EMSL_utility import EMSL_local
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         db_path = arguments["--db_path"]
     else:
         import os
-        db_path = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) + "/db/Gamess-us.db"
+        db_path = os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/db/Gamess-us.db"
 
     # _     _     _    ______           _
     #| |   (_)   | |   | ___ \         (_)

setup.py

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-import sys
-import os
-
-ins = False
-
-d = {'y': True,
-     'n': False}
-
-try:
-    import requests
-except:
-    print "You need requests for dowload the basis, without you still can read a existing DB"
-
-    while True:
-        choice = raw_input('Do you want to install it ? [Y/N]')
-        try:
-            ins = d[choice.lower()]
-            break
-        except:
-            print "not a valid choice"
-
-
-if ins:
-    try:
-        import pip
-        pip.main(['install', "requests"])
-    except:
-        print "You need pip, (http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html)"
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-path = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))[0]
-
-
-completion_function = \
-    """
-function _mycomplete_()
-{
-    local word=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
-
-    if [  $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]; then
-        opt="%s"
-        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opt}" -- $word))
-    else
-        COMPREPLY=()
-    fi
-}
-
-complete -o default -F _mycomplete_ ./EMSL_api.py
-""" % " ".join(["get_list_basis", "get_list_elements", "get_basis_data", "get_list_formats", "create_db", "-h", "--help", "--version"])
-
-with open(path + "/EMSL_api.rc", "w") as f:
-    f.write("export EMSL_API_ROOT=%s" % path + "\n")
-    f.write("export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${EMSL_API_ROOT}/src" + "\n")
-    f.write(completion_function)
-
-print "Source EMSL_api.rc, pls"