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| """ | |
| Code to write data read from a URL to a file | |
| Based on an answer on SO: | |
| http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22676/how-do-i-download-a-file-over-http-using-python/22721 | |
| """ | |
| import urllib2 | |
| mp3file = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3") | |
| with open('test.mp3', 'wb') as output: | |
| while True: | |
| data = mp3file.read(4096) | |
| if data: | |
| output.write(data) | |
| else: | |
| break |
data should be a block of bytes
4096 to be exact
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Hello, I found your script useful, but have one question: can I use the file for post-processing? suppose I download a jpg file that I want to process with OpenCV, can I use the 'data' variable to keep working? or do I have to read it again from the downloaded file?