How to download 7z file using python

Question

I want to download the file, it may be zip/7z. when I used the following code it is giving an error for the 7z file.

import requests, zipfile, StringIO

zip_file_url = "http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wxDbViewer.zip"
try:
 r = requests.get(zip_file_url, stream=True)
 z = zipfile.ZipFile(StringIO.StringIO(r.content))
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
 print "Connection refused"

have a watch: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3083235/unzipping-file-results-in-badzipfile-file-is-not-a-zip-file — Avión, Jul 05 '18 at 12:58

RoadRunner · Answer 1 · 2018-07-05T13:32:28.680

Just ensure the HTTP status code is 200 when requesting the file, and write out the file in binary mode:

import os
import requests

URL = "http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wxDbViewer.zip"
filename = os.path.basename(URL)

response = requests.get(URL, stream=True)

if response.status_code == 200:
    with open(filename, 'wb') as out:
        out.write(response.content)
else:
    print('Request failed: %d' % response.status_code)

The downloaded file will then appear in the directory where the script is being run if the request was successful, or an indication the file could not be downloaded.

How to download 7z file using python

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