gistfile1.py

import os
#import sys
from urllib2 import urlopen
#import simplejson

DownloadPath = os.environ['HOME']+'/abs'

class Aur(object):
    '''AUR handling methods'''
    def __init__(self, options):
        '''Constructor. Accepts options (dict).'''
        self.options = options

    def download(self, package):
        '''Download a package'''
        remote = urlopen('http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/'+package+'/'+package+'.tar.gz')
        local = open(self.options['path']+'/'+package+'.tar.gz', 'wb')
        local.write(remote.read())
        local.close

aur = Aur({'path': DownloadPath})
aur.download('aurb')