python download url and save it to your compputer from a txt file

python-openurl.py

import os
import os.path
import time
import urllib2
import codecs

# python download url and save it to your compputer from a txt file

dirname = "/Users/papachan/Desktop/site/static/"
filename =  "url.txt"

file = open(filename, 'r')
for url in file.readlines():
    myfile = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    list = url.split('/')[3:]
    pathname = '/'.join(list)
    filename = dirname +  pathname
    output = open(filename,'wb')
    output.write( codecs.BOM_UTF8 )
    output.write(myfile.read())
    output.close()
    if(os.path.exists(filename)):        
        print os.path.abspath(filename)
    else:
        print "Error file didnt save"
    time.sleep(2)

file.close()