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Created February 19, 2014 09:08
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Download large files using python
def download_file(url):
local_filename = url.split('/')[-1]
# NOTE the stream=True parameter
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
with open(local_filename, 'wb') as f:
for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
f.flush()
return local_filename
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