Downloading a picture via urllib and python

Question

So I\'m trying to make a Python script that downloads webcomics and puts them in a folder on my desktop. I\'ve found a few similar programs on here that do something simila

Answer 1

What about this:

import urllib, os

def from_url( url, filename = None ):
    '''Store the url content to filename'''
    if not filename:
        filename = os.path.basename( os.path.realpath(url) )

    req = urllib.request.Request( url )
    try:
        response = urllib.request.urlopen( req )
    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
        if hasattr( e, 'reason' ):
            print( 'Fail in reaching the server -> ', e.reason )
            return False
        elif hasattr( e, 'code' ):
            print( 'The server couldn\'t fulfill the request -> ', e.code )
            return False
    else:
        with open( filename, 'wb' ) as fo:
            fo.write( response.read() )
            print( 'Url saved as %s' % filename )
        return True

##

def main():
    test_url = 'http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/favicon.ico'

    from_url( test_url )

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()