download file from url python 3 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: download image from url python 3

import urllib.request
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename)

Example 3: python3 download file

import urllib.request

print('Beginning file download with urllib2...')

url = 'http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/J---aiyznGQ/mqdefault.jpg'
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, '/Users/scott/Downloads/cat.jpg')