This primitive little program downloads Spore creatures from spore.com

spore-creature-download.py

import urllib
import requests
import os

"I found that all the public creatures are in this folder's subfolder"
baseURL = 'http://static.spore.com/static/thumb/501/'

"""
Starting numbers. Download start at these numbers.
Folders look like in the 501 folder: /012/034/501012024001.png
Where the filename is the folder names and the file number: 501|012|034|001.png
countOut is the first number
countIn is the second number
image is the third number
"""
countOut = 0
countIn = 0
image = 0

"sits next to this py file. Created if not exists"
downloadDir = 'test'

def threeDigits(input):
    "Because all directories are three digit strings"
    if input < 10:
        return str('00' + str(input))
    elif input >= 10 and input < 100:
        return str('0' + str(input))
    else:
        return str(input)

def makeDir(name):
    "very basic"
    if not os.path.exists(name):
        os.makedirs(name)

while (countOut < 36):
    a = threeDigits(countOut)
    while (countIn < 1000):
        b = threeDigits(countIn)
        while(image < 1000):
            c = threeDigits(image)

            imageURL = baseURL+a+'/'+b+'/501'+str(a)+str(b)+str(c)+'.png'

            print(imageURL)
            
            makeDir(downloadDir+'/'+str(a)+'/'+str(b))

            "we really have to check for the file if it exists. Otherwise you end up with fake png files"
            "there are more invalid file numbers than valid ones"
            request = requests.get(imageURL)
            if request.status_code != 200:
                print('no such file')
            else:
                urllib.urlretrieve(imageURL, downloadDir + '/' + str(a) + '/' + str(b) + '/501' + str(a) + str(b) + str(c) + '.png')
                print("success")


            print('--------')
            image+=1


        countIn += 1
        image = 0

    countOut += 1
    countIn = 0