I have a Python file available under some URL, for example
In reality it will not be gist but some courseware/homework review software.
How can I open such URL using Google Colab so I can for example run the Python code?
I know I can build colab URL for Github gists or repositories, but can I do it for any arbitrary URL?
There is currently no way to do what you are asking for – to construct a URL that will cause Colab to automatically load the contents of a .py file at a particular URL into a new Colab notebook.
The closest thing to this is to host a notebook on github, and then use a Colab url to open it: e.g.
http://github.com/username/repository/path/to/notebook.ipynb can be opened in Colab using http://colab.research.google.com/github/username/repository/path/to/notebook.ipynbhttp://gist.github.com/username/hash/filename.ipynb can be opened in Colab using http://colab.research.google.com/gist/username/hash/filename.ipynb