def add(self, elem, replace=False):
        """Add a requirement.

        :param elem: a string or :class:`Requirement` instance.
        :param replace: if `True`, packages in the set with the same name will
            be removed first.
        """
        if isinstance(elem, text_type):
            elem = Requirement.coerce(elem)
        if replace and elem in self:
            self.remove(elem)
        super(Requirements, self).add(elem)
def _storage(self):
        """
        Return the configured django storage backend.
        """
        config = settings.VERIFY_STUDENT["SOFTWARE_SECURE"]

        # Default to the S3 backend for backward compatibility
        storage_class = config.get("STORAGE_CLASS", "storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage")
        storage_kwargs = config.get("STORAGE_KWARGS", {})

        # Map old settings to the parameters expected by the storage backend
        if "AWS_ACCESS_KEY" in config:
            storage_kwargs["access_key"] = config["AWS_ACCESS_KEY"]
        if "AWS_SECRET_KEY" in config:
            storage_kwargs["secret_key"] = config["AWS_SECRET_KEY"]
        if "S3_BUCKET" in config:
            storage_kwargs["bucket"] = config["S3_BUCKET"]
            storage_kwargs["querystring_expire"] = self.IMAGE_LINK_DURATION

        return get_storage(storage_class, **storage_kwargs)