gistfile1.py

import urllib2, shutil, tempfile
import tarfile
import os

try:
    from urllib.request import urlretrieve
except ImportError:
    import urllib2, shutil, tempfile, os
    def urlretrieve(url):
        fd, fname = tempfile.mkstemp()  # Make  a temporary file
        f = os.fdopen(fd, "w") 
        resp = urllib2.urlopen(url)
        shutil.copyfileobj(resp.fp, f)  # Copy the http response to the temporary file.
        return (fname, None)


if __name__=='__main__':
    (filename, headers) = urlretrieve('https://github.com/vcstools/vcstools/archive/0.1.26.tar.gz')