import requests
from PIL import Image
import urllib.parse as parse
import os


# Verify url
def check_url(string):
    try:
        result = parse.urlparse(string)
        return all([result.scheme, result.netloc, result.path])
    except:
        return False


# Load an image
def load_image(image_path):
    if check_url(image_path):
        return Image.open(requests.get(image_path, stream=True).raw)
    elif os.path.exists(image_path):
        return Image.open(image_path)