how to download something with python code example

Example 1: download pdf from url python

import urllib.request
pdf_path = ""
def download_file(download_url, filename):
    response = urllib.request.urlopen(download_url)    
    file = open(filename + ".pdf", 'wb')
    file.write(response.read())
    file.close()
 
download_file(pdf_path, "Test")

Example 2: 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')

Example 3: python get an online file

import urllib2  # the lib that handles the url stuff

data = urllib2.urlopen(target_url) # it's a file like object and works just like a file
for line in data: # files are iterable
    print line