Entering the url in the browser, downloads the image automatically. How to write a python script to download such images?

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url="https://images.data.gov.sg/api/traffic-images/2016/02/96128cfd-ab9a-4959-972e-a5e74bb149a9.jpg"

I am trying this: import urllib
url="https://images.data.gov.sg/api/traffic-images/2016/02/96128cfd-ab9a-4959-972e-a5e74bb149a9.jpg"
IMAGE=url.rsplit("/")[-1]
urllib.urlretrieve(url,IMAGE)

Image is downloaded in the destination folder after the execution, but it is corrupt. "Could not load image"; error pops up.

This is probably, because the url is _not_ an image, it causes (in a browser) a new request which finally gets the image. I'm not sure if `urllib` automatically follows redirects. Have a look at http://python-requests.org - I've found this library better documented and easier to use. — jcoppens, Jul 16 '16 at 14:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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It might be because the domain that you are trying to reach has restrictions over download policy. Check this one out, hope it helps! https://stackoverflow.com/a/8389368/2539771

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Community

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answered Jun 22 '16 at 12:45

Serbay

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '18 at 04:28

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import urllib URL = "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/714tx9QbaKL.SL1500.jpg" urllib.urlretrieve(URL, "sample.png")

from PIL import Image
img = Image.open('/home/sks/sample.png') img.show()

answered Sep 28 '18 at 04:28

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Entering the url in the browser, downloads the image automatically. How to write a python script to download such images?

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