download_stream.py

# coding: utf-8

import requests

chunk_size = 1024 * 1024 # 1mb
download_url = 'http://speedtest.ftp.otenet.gr/files/test10Mb.db'
downloaded_parts = 0

with open('download', 'wb') as fp:
	response = requests.get(download_url, stream=True)
	for content in response.iter_content(chunk_size):
		downloaded_parts +=1
		fp.write(content)
		print('#' * downloaded_parts)