Trying to get an image with python

Question

I am trying to get an image from a website and I don't know what i am doing wrong. Here is my code:

import httplib2

h = httplib2.Http('.cache')

response, content = h.request('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSBzFF0bIyU/TtFyj-KgC0I/AAAAAAAABEo/o43IoY_9Bec/s1600/praia-de-ponta-verde-maceio.jpg')

print(response.status)

with open('maceio.jpg', 'wb') as f:
    print(content, file = f)

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/matheus/workspace/Get Link/new_method_v2.py", line 12, in <module>
    print(content, file = f)
TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface

possible duplicate of [TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5471158/typeerror-str-does-not-support-the-buffer-interface) — Ferdinand Beyer, May 31 '12 at 14:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '12 at 14:25

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The error is caused by the following line:

print(content, file = f)

print implicitely converts the bytes object named content to a string (str object), which cannot be written to a file in binary mode, since Python does not know which character encoding to use.

Why are you taking the print detour at all? Just write the contents to the file using the file.write() method:

with open('maceio.jpg', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(content)

answered May 31 '12 at 14:25

Ferdinand Beyer

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Thank you!! If possible, can you talk a little more about the "g.write()" ? – matheus May 31 '12 at 14:28
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Have a look at the documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#file.write – Matthias May 31 '12 at 15:26

Trying to get an image with python

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