Relevant Python library (https://github.com/drathier/stack-overflow-import) and previous HN discussion (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12868946).
In Stacksort – Searches StackOverflow for sorting functions and runs them (2013)drathier
stack-overflow-import
Python2016–2026
drathier / stack-overflow-import
stack-overflow-import
Import arbitrary code from Stack Overflow as Python modules.
24Distinct people
27Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
3.7KGitHub stars
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What it is
Import arbitrary code from Stack Overflow as Python modules.
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Where it is used
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HN mentions by year27 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-11-03 14:18:24 UTC to 2026-03-06 19:55:08 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From the project README
An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 13, 2026.
Read the project’s introduction
StackOverflow Importer
Do you ever feel like all you’re doing is copy/pasting from Stack
Overflow?
Let’s take it one step further.
from stackoverflow import quick_sort will go through the search
results
of [python] quick sort looking for the largest code block that
doesn’t
syntax error in the highest voted answer from the highest voted
question
and return it as a module. If that answer doesn’t have any valid
python
code, it checks the next highest voted answer for code blocks.
>>> from stackoverflow import quick_sort, split_into_chunks
>>> print(quick_sort.sort([1, 3, 2, 5, 4]))
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>> print(list(split_into_chunks.chunk("very good chunk func")))
['very ', 'good ', 'chunk', ' func']
>>> print("I wonder who made split_into_chunks", split_into_chunks.__author__)
I wonder who made split_into_chunks https://stackoverflow.com/a/35107113
>>> print("but what's the license? Can I really use this?", quick_sort.__license__)
but what's the license? Can I really use this? CC BY-SA 3.0
>>> assert("nice, attribution!")
This module is licensed under whatever license you want it to be as
long as the license is compatible with the fact that I blatantly
copied multiple lines of code from the Python standard library.
Read the full README on GitHub