download file using urllib python code example

Example 1: python download file from url

import requests


url = 'https://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico'
r = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)

open('facebook.ico', 'wb').write(r.content)

Example 2: python urllib3 download file

import requests

print('Beginning file download with requests')

url = 'http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/J---aiyznGQ/mqdefault.jpg'
r = requests.get(url)

with open('/Users/scott/Downloads/cat3.jpg', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)

# Retrieve HTTP meta-data
print(r.status_code)
print(r.headers['content-type'])
print(r.encoding)

Example 3: how to download file from python

import wget

url = "https://www.python.org/static/img/[email protected]"

wget.download(url, 'c:/users/LikeGeeks/downloads/pythonLogo.png')