adding demo files to build_and_test.sh run

build_and_test.sh

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 (cd rust/fastsim-core/ && cargo test) && \
 (cd rust/fastsim-cli/ && cargo test) && \
 pip install -qe ".[dev]" && \
-pytest -v python/fastsim/tests/
+pytest -v python/fastsim/tests/
+(cd python/fastsim/demos/ && python run_all.py)

python/fastsim/__init__.py

@@ -33,6 +33,39 @@ def package_root() -> Path:
 
 __version__ = get_distribution("fastsim").version
 
+#download demo files
+import fastsim
+import os
+import pathlib
+import fnmatch
+import requests
+
+p = 'https://github.com/NREL/fastsim/tree/' + fastsim.__version__ + '/python/fastsim/demos'
+d = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+has_demos = False
+demos_dir = ''
+for dir in os.walk(d):
+    if fnmatch.fnmatch(dir[0], '*demos'):
+        has_demos = True
+        demos_dir = dir[0]
+        break
+if has_demos:
+    #the problem is I can't figure out how to list the contents of the online demos file
+    for f in p.get_dir_contents():
+        already_downloaded = False
+        for file in demos_dir.glob('*demo*.py'):
+            #need a way to get the "basename" for the online demos files as well for this to work
+            if f == os.path.basename(file.replace('\\', '/')): #necessary to ensure command works on all operating systems
+                already_downloaded = True
+                print('{} = {} already downloaded'.format(file, f)) #placeholder until I figure out how to download the file
+                break
+        if already_downloaded ==  False:
+            #download file
+            print('{} != {} needs downloading'.format(file, f)) #placeholder under I figure out how to download the folder
+else:
+    #just download demos folder
+    print('demos folder needs downloading')
+
 __doc__ += "\nhttps://pypi.org/project/fastsim/"
 __doc__ += "\nhttps://www.nrel.gov/transportation/fastsim.html"
 

python/fastsim/demos/run_all.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import pathlib
+
+p = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+
+for file in p.glob('*demo*.py'):
+    with open(file) as f:
+        exec(f.read())
+        print('{} ran successfully'.format(f))