helper_scripts/run_sim.py tweak

FlorianUekermann · Dec 6, 2015 · 29d8cca · 29d8cca
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diff --git a/helper_scripts/run_sim.py b/helper_scripts/run_sim.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 # GPX from google maps route: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input
 
-### bundled packages
-import gpxdata
 ### stdlib packages
 import os
 import socket
@@ -13,6 +11,15 @@
 import time
 import threading
 import thread
+### external deps
+try:
+    import dateutil.parser
+    assert dateutil.parser  # pyflakes
+except ImportError:
+    print("package \"python-dateutil\" is required. exiting")
+    sys.exit(2)
+### bundled packages
+import gpxdata
 ###
 
 INDEX = "/whereami/whereami.html"