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Poolitzer/bot.py

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bot.py
import io
def downloader(bot, url, timeout=None):
# if you receive a timeout error, pass an increasing timeout until you don't
buf = bot.request.retrieve(url, timeout=timeout)
# turning the byte stream into a file_like object without actually writing it to a file
file_like = io.BytesIO(buf)
# and returning it
return file_like
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