A download helper for Python scripts. #python #download

download-file.py

import sys
import os.path
import urllib2

def download_file(url, dest_file):
    try:
        ifp = urllib2.urlopen(url, data=None)
        with open(dest_file, 'wb') as ofp:
            n = 0
            s = ifp.read()
            while s:
                n += len(s)
                ofp.write(s)
                s = ifp.read()
            print '[info] Fetched %d bytes from %s into %s' %(n, url, dest_file)
        ofp.close()
        ifp.close()    
    except Exception as ex:
        print '[error] Failed to fetch %s: %s' %(url, str(ex))