Step1_GetDownloadLinks.py

import pandas as pd

# define the link to the CSV file on Microsoft's GitHub repo
csv_path = r'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints/main/dataset-links.csv'

# read the file
df = pd.read_csv(csv_path)

# check basic details
print('Columns in CSV:', df.columns)
print('Shape of table:', df.shape)
print(df.head())