def load(self, requirements_file=None):
        """Load or reload requirements from a requirements.txt file.

        :param requirements_file: if not given, the filename used from
            initialization will be read again.
        """
        if requirements_file is None:
            requirements_file = self.filename
            if requirements_file is None:
                raise ValueError("no filename provided")
        elif isinstance(requirements_file, text_type):
            requirements_file = Path(requirements_file)
        self.clear()
        with requirements_file.open() as f:
            self.loads(f.read())

        if isinstance(requirements_file, (text_type, Path)):
            self.filename = requirements_file
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)