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import requests
import shutil
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
errorcounter = 0
counter = 0
for i in range(int(input("input a number greater than 1: "))):
try:
if errorcounter < 11:
counter += 1
xkcd_url = "https://xkcd.com/" + str(counter)
markup = requests.get(xkcd_url).text
soup = BeautifulSoup(markup, "html.parser")
middleContainer_content = soup.findAll("img")
img_urls = []
for i in middleContainer_content:
if i["src"] != None:
img_urls.append(i["src"])
image_url = "http:"+ img_urls[1]
filename = str(counter) + image_url.split("/")[-1]
r = requests.get(image_url, stream = True)
if r.status_code == 200:
r.raw.decode_content = True
with open(filename,'wb') as f:
shutil.copyfileobj(r.raw, f)
print('Image sucessfully Downloaded: ',filename)
else:
print('Image Couldn\'t be retreived')
else:
continue
except Exception as e:
errorcounter += 1
print(e)
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