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

Two issues, one with the code (below), the other that the URL is bad. A (modern) web browser will automatically correct "http://www.muellerindustries.com/uploads/pdf/UW SPD0114.xls" to "http://www.muellerindustries.com/uploads/pdf/UW%20SPD0114.xls" but Python doesn't.

This code works for me on python 3.x

import urllib
outfilename = "test.xls"
url_of_file = "http://www.muellerindustries.com/uploads/pdf/UW%20SPD0114.xls"
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url_of_file, outfilename) 

Which gets me the file.