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

Another way to do this is via the fastai library. This worked like a charm for me. I was facing a SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED Error using urlretrieve so I tried that.

url = 'https://www.linkdoesntexist.com/lennon.jpg'
fastai.core.download_url(url,'image1.jpg', show_progress=False)