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pdb downloader
#!/usr/bin/env python
from pathlib import Path
import click
import requests
def download_pdb(accession_code: str, destination: Path):
accession_code = accession_code.upper()
url = f'https://files.rcsb.org/download/{accession_code}.pdb'
request = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
with open(destination, mode='wb') as f:
f.write(request.content)
@click.command()
@click.argument('accession_code')
def cli(accession_code: str):
output_filename = f'{accession_code}.pdb'
download_pdb(accession_code, output_filename)
if __name__ == '__main__':
cli()
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