download a file in colab code example

Example 1: download from colab

from google.colab import files
files.download("path")

Example 2: download any file from link colab

import requests 
file_url = "http://1.droppdf.com/files/5iHzx/automate-the-boring-stuff-with-python-2015-.pdf"
	
r = requests.get(file_url, stream = True) 

with open("/content/gdrive/My Drive/python.pdf", "wb") as file: 
	for block in r.iter_content(chunk_size = 1024): 
		if block: 
			file.write(block)