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Currently, I am using this code to save a downloaded file but it is placing them in the same folder where it is being run from.

r = requests.get(url)  
with open('file_name.pdf', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)

How would I save the downloaded file to another directory of my choice?

mit
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Nitanshu
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4 Answers4

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Or if in Linux, try:

# To save to an absolute path.
r = requests.get(url)  
with open('/path/I/want/to/save/file/to/file_name.pdf', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)


# To save to a relative path.
r = requests.get(url)  
with open('folder1/folder2/file_name.pdf', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)

See open() function docs for more details.

Jonny
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  • what about if it's a downloaded zip folder and you want to save it in a directory – medev21 Feb 14 '18 at 20:07
  • The above would also work to save a zip file (the path defined as as a URL) to a specific directory (e.g. `/path/I/want/to/save/file/to/archive.zip`). Or do you mean to download an archive from a URL and extract it to a folder? – Jonny Feb 16 '18 at 12:48
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You can just give open a full file path or a relative file path

r = requests.get(url)  
with open(r'C:\path\to\save\file_name.pdf', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)
Cory Kramer
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As long as you have access to the directory you can simply change your file_name.pdf' to '/path_to_directory_you_want_to_save/file_name.pdf' and that should do what you want.

Billy Ferguson
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Here is a quicker solution:

r = requests.get(url) 
open('/path/to/directory/file_name.pdf', 'wb').write(r.content)
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