How to download a file using python in a 'smarter' way?

Question

I need to download several files via http in Python.

The most obvious way to do it is just using urllib2:

import urllib2
u = urllib2.urlopen(\'http:/         


        

Answer 1

2 Kender:

if localName[0] == '"' or localName[0] == "'":
    localName = localName[1:-1]

it is not safe -- web server can pass wrong formatted name as ["file.ext] or [file.ext'] or even be empty and localName[0] will raise exception. Correct code can looks like this:

localName = localName.replace('"', '').replace("'", "")
if localName == '':
    localName = SOME_DEFAULT_FILE_NAME