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pdf_dl.py
# Downloads all PDF files in given URL
# USAGE: pdf_dl.py <URL>
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import urllib2
import sys
resp = urllib2.urlopen(sys.argv[1])
soup = BeautifulSoup(resp, from_encoding=resp.info().getparam('charset'))
for link in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
if ".pdf" in link['href']:
print "Downloading " + link['href']
dl = urllib2.urlopen(sys.argv[1] + link['href'])
fh = open(link['href'], "w")
fh.write(dl.read())
fh.close()
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