Python save image from URL

Python save image from URL

import cStringIO # *much* faster than StringIO
import urllib
import Image

try:
    file = urllib.urlopen('http://freegee.sourceforge.net/FG_EN/src/teasers_en/t_gee-power_en.gif')
    im = cStringIO.StringIO(file.read()) # constructs a StringIO holding the image
    img = Image.open(im)
    img.save('/home/wenbert/uploaderx_files/test.gif')
except IOError, e:
    raise e