Parallel image downloading gist for python users

download-image.py

import os
import requests
from  multiprocessing import Process
from PIL import Image
from time import time as timer
import urllib
from threading import Thread
def fetch_url(entry):
        try:
            path='storage_path'
            url='base_url'
            uri =entry
            #urllib.urlretrieve(url+uri, entry)
            #print(str(url+uri))
            r = requests.get(url+uri, stream=True)
            print(r.status_code)
            if r.status_code == 200:
                with open(path+uri, 'wb') as f:
                    f.write(r.content)
                
               
        except Exception as e:
                print(e)
                    
def fetch_photo(names):
      for name in names:
           fetch_url(name)
          
             
   
def start():
      
    fil=open('list of entries.txt','r')
    mylist=['.JPG','.jpg']
    name_list=[]
    i=0


    start=timer()
    threads=[]
    for f in fil.readlines():
        if f !='NULL\n':
             name_list.append(f.rstrip('\n'))
             if len(name_list)>=5000:
                thread=Process(target=fetch_photo, args=(name_list,))
                name_list=[]
                threads.append(thread)
             i=i+1    
            #   print(str(f))
            #fetch_url(f.rstrip('\n'))
            #results = ThreadPool(8).imap_unordered(fetch_url, f.rstrip('\n'))
    print(len(threads))
    for thread in threads:
         print('starting')
         thread.start()

    for thread in threads:
        thread.join()
    #results = ThreadPool(8).imap_unordered(fetch_url, urls)

    print(f"Elapsed Time: {timer() - start}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
   start()