download one book from project gutenberg

download_book.py

# download one book from project gutenberg
def download_book(book_id, save_path):
    print(save_path)
    # construct the download url
    url = f'https://www.gutenberg.org/files/{book_id}/{book_id}-0.txt'
    # download the content
    data = download_url(url)
    if data is None:
        #print(f'Failed to download {url}')
        url = f'https://www.gutenberg.org/files/{book_id}/{book_id}.txt'
        data = download_url(url)
        if data is None:
            return f'Failed to download {url}'
        else:
            # create local path
            save_file = join(save_path, f'{book_id}.txt')
            # save book to file
            with open(save_file, 'wb') as file:
                file.write(data)
            return f'Saved {save_file}'
        
    # create local path
    save_file = join(save_path, f'{book_id}.txt')
    # save book to file
    with open(save_file, 'wb') as file:
        file.write(data)
    return f'Saved {save_file}'