get_satellite_images.py

from sys import exit
import time
import os.path
from sys import exit
from subprocess import call
import datetime
import urllib

# years
years  = [2016]

months   = [range(1, 32), 
			range(1, 32), 
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32),
			range(1, 32)
			]

hours = ['00', '03', '06', '09', '12', '15', '18', '21']

# get today
now_date = datetime.date.today()
i = 0 # number of empty files

for year in years:
	for month, month_days in enumerate(months):
		for day in month_days:
			for hour in hours:
				file_title        = str(year) + '-' + str(month+1).zfill(2) + '-' + str(day).zfill(2) + '-' + str(hour)
				saving_file       = "/home/akram/datasets/clouds_images/" + file_title + ".jpeg"
				saving_file_error = "/home/akram/datasets/clouds_images/" + file_title + ".txt"
				
				print 'Date : ', file_title
				
				if os.path.exists( saving_file ) == False:
					try:
						urllib.urlretrieve("http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/gibbs/image/MSG-3/IR/" + file_title, saving_file)
					except:
						with open(saving_file_error, "a") as myfile:
							myfile.write("error getting it (connection)!")

print "number of empty files removed : ", i