python script to download a file from url code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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