1 # Simple Python script to download a file. Used as a fallback
2 # when other more reliable methods fail.
3 #
4 from __future__ import print_function
5 import sys
6
7 try:
8 from requests import get
9 except ImportError:
10 try:
11 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
12 USING = "urllib.request.urlretrieve"
13 except ImportError:
14 try:
15 from urllib import urlretrieve
16 USING = "urllib.retrieve"
17 except ImportError:
18 print("Python at", sys.executable, "is not suitable",
19 "for downloading files.", file=sys.stderr)
20 sys.exit(2)
21 else:
22 USING = "requests.get"
23
24 def urlretrieve(url, filename):
25 r = get(url, stream=True)
26 r.raise_for_status()
27 with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
28 for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
29 f.write(chunk)
30 return filename
31
32 if __name__ == '__main__':
33 if len(sys.argv) != 3:
34 print("Usage: urlretrieve.py [url] [filename]", file=sys.stderr)
35 sys.exit(1)
36 URL = sys.argv[1]
37 FILENAME = sys.argv[2]
38 print("Downloading from", URL, "to", FILENAME, "using", USING)
39 urlretrieve(URL, FILENAME)