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Python save image from URL
import cStringIO # *much* faster than StringIO
import urllib
import Image
try:
file = urllib.urlopen('http://freegee.sourceforge.net/FG_EN/src/teasers_en/t_gee-power_en.gif')
im = cStringIO.StringIO(file.read()) # constructs a StringIO holding the image
img = Image.open(im)
img.save('/home/wenbert/uploaderx_files/test.gif')
except IOError, e:
raise e
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