download zipfile from a ftp link

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I'm trying to download a zip file from an FTP link. I've tried to use request package but could not download

import requests
url = 'ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Precos_Indices_de_Precos_ao_Consumidor/IPCA/Serie_Historica/ipca_SerieHist.zip'
r = requests.get(url)

Is there an easy way to download it? I can download it from the Chrome and don't need any type of login and password Thanks

"could not download" ... what, exactly, went wrong? Don't leave us guessing! — tdelaney, Apr 14 '18 at 17:33
`requests` doesn't support FTP and its error message is more than a bit cryptic. — tdelaney, Apr 14 '18 at 17:42

Sheshank S. · Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T19:08:39.967

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Please check this answer out: Python download zip files from a public FTP server The answer in that is below, credit to https://stackoverflow.com/users/4582273/lemonhead

url = urlparse.urlparse("ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Precos_Indices_de_Precos_ao_Consumidor/IPCA/Serie_Historica/ipca_SerieHist.zip")
ftp = ftplib.FTP(url.netloc)
ftp.login()
ftp.cwd(ftp_dirname)
# Directory it will be downloaded to ^

with open(filename, 'w') as fobj:
    ftp.retrbinary('RETR %s' % basename, fobj.write)

edited Apr 14 '18 at 19:08

answered Apr 14 '18 at 17:14

Sheshank S.

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This is close but needs some cleanup, like `ftp_dirname` – tdelaney Apr 14 '18 at 17:41
Is that better? Thanks for the heads up! – Sheshank S. Apr 14 '18 at 19:08
Do not copy answers to duplicate questions. Vote the question to be closed as duplicate instead. – Martin Prikryl Apr 16 '18 at 06:31

download zipfile from a ftp link

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