get files from url (txt or json)

get_file_from_url.py

def get_text_from_url(url, file_name, split_pattern):
    filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_name)
    url = os.path.join(url, file_name)
    if file_extension == ".txt":
        text = requests.get(url).text
    else:
        resp = requests.get(url)
        text = json.loads(resp.text, encoding="utf-8")
    if split_pattern:
        text = text.split(split_pattern)
    return text