download.py

import urllib, cStringIO
import re

PATH = 'some path'

def download_file(path): 

    print "Attempting to download file from:"
    print "URL: {}".format( path )

    _file    = cStringIO.StringIO(urllib.urlopen( path ).read())
    if _file:
        print "... successfully read to buffer"
    else:
        print "ERROR while trying to read from:"
        print "URL: {}".format( path )

        return 

    filename  = path[::-1].split('/')[0][::-1]

    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write( _file.getvalue() )
        print "+++ {}".format( filename )

    _file.close()

    return