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Download file from http link with python2
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download_to_file.py
import urllib2
#put your link here =)
url = "http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=^GSPC&c=2016"
file_name = "table.csv" #can parse fname from url, ofcoz.
u = urllib2.urlopen(url)
gspc = u.read()
with open(file_name, 'wb') as f:
f.write(gspc)
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