How to manage an API with Python that downloads a compressed folder?

Question

I am trying to use an API that downloads a compressed folder containing different images. How can I use this Request url in Python to download the folder and choose the path in which I would like this folder to register ?

Request url :

https://monitoring.greisch.com/api/dashboard/zipDashboard/298d5df9-4754-4f70-a228-e24a1bf6ac77/2019-08-18/2019-09-17/hour

I tried this :

import urllib.request

url = 'https://monitoring.greisch.com/api/dashboard/zipDashboard/298d5df9-4754-4f70-a228-e24a1bf6ac77/2019-08-18/2019-09-17/hour'

path ='R:/my/path/'
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, path + 'Dashboard.zip')
print('file downloaded')

But I get this error message :

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1317, in do_open
    encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 1229, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 1275, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 1224, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 1016, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 956, in send
    self.connect()
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 1384, in connect
    super().connect()
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\http\client.py", line 928, in connect
    (self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\socket.py", line 727, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\socket.py", line 716, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] Aucune connexion n’a pu être établie car l’ordinateur cible l’a expressément refusée

But if I access the URL via a web browser, it works and the download of the compressed folder is automatically launched.

EDIT :

The solution was :

    url = 'http://url.com/apirequest/'
    wget.download(url, '/path/to/destination/folder/' + filename)

Answer 1

You need to pass credentials to your request. r=requests.get(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)) Answer based on Getting a file from an authenticated site