How do download a file from url in Python

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I want to download a file in Python shell like files get downloaded into browser. Yes, I know there are multiple ways like curl, wget, url retrieve etc. but here in all the cases, file name is not the same as original file. Like if I want to download file from this url:

http://www.siemens.com/investor/pool/en/investor_relations/financial_publications/speeches_and_presentations/110405_trading_update_q2_11.pdf

I want to download the file from this url as it get downloaded in browser, with the same name as original.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 21 '14 at 14:34

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https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wget

There is a simple option. Not familiar with Python as well as other languages.

edited Jan 21 '14 at 14:34

Animesh

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answered Jan 21 '14 at 14:23

Alan Doyle

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hi i know this option ,i have mentioned my requirement. here if i use wget, it does not give me real name of file ,but it does gives me name extracted from url .like for this 'http://ir.paalp.com/External.asp?L=I&from=du&ID=63563&B=789' it will give me External.asp as file name, but that is not real name actually . – jugadengg Jan 22 '14 at 06:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 14:30

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If you are using Python 2.7

urllib.urlretrieve

answered Jan 21 '14 at 14:30

Jakob Bowyer

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i know this option too, i want to have real name of file, like we get while downloading form browser. – jugadengg Jan 22 '14 at 06:32
use this file_name = url.split('/')[-1] – p2013 Nov 20 '16 at 17:04

How do download a file from url in Python

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