downloading an excel file from the web in python

Question

I have the following web address:

dls = \"http://www.muellerindustries.com/uploads/pdf/UW SPD0114.xls\"

I tried to download the file:

Answer 1

I suggest using requests:

import requests
dls = "http://www.muellerindustries.com/uploads/pdf/UW SPD0114.xls"
resp = requests.get(dls)

output = open('test.xls', 'wb')
output.write(resp.content)
output.close()

To get requests installed:

pip install requests