How to resize and save an Image on a server with Python?

Asked Apr 14 '16 at 18:22

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I am a beginner in Python and here is my problem.

I get an image from an url and I want to resize it before saving (copy) it to my server.

Here is my current (not working) code:

urlImage = urllib2.urlopen(URL)
img = Image.open(urlImage)
imgResize = img.resize((weight, height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
os.system("scp -r %s MYSERVER" % (imgResize))

I'm getting this error:

sh: 1: cannot open PIL.Image.Image: No such file

I'm guessing that the problem is that imgResize is not a path (string) but an object and so my os.system call is building up a string that expects a path.

Any solution on how to resolve this problem ?

asked Apr 14 '16 at 18:22

Cyril Vandenberghe

you could save it on disk first, then send the path over. – Adam Smith Apr 14 '16 at 18:25
@AdamSmith with the tempfile module for example ? Or it there a better module for that ? – Cyril Vandenberghe Apr 14 '16 at 18:32
tempfile is perfect! – Adam Smith Apr 14 '16 at 18:32
Thanks @AdamSmith, it works perfectly ! – Cyril Vandenberghe Apr 18 '16 at 16:21
I'm glad! I didn't really do much to help, though! Consider writing up your solution as a self answer. – Adam Smith Apr 18 '16 at 16:22

How to resize and save an Image on a server with Python?

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