Python 3: working with files and digital assets/File/Download

Downloading Files

Installation of packages

In Jupyter

%pip install requests
%pip install pillow

In the command terminal

If you're using the command terminal from your operating system. You can download the required packages by writing the commands:

pip install requests
pip install pillow

Python Script

from requests import get as http_get_requests
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

url_to_image: str = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Stepper_Motor%2C_Model_17HS4401N%2C_4.jpg/1024px-Stepper_Motor%2C_Model_17HS4401N%2C_4.jpg'

headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'Download tutorial([link]; [email])'
}

response = http_get_requests(
    url_to_image, 
    headers=headers
)

content_type: str = response.headers['content-type']
content_length: int = int(response.headers['content-length'])

# Desired location to save the file
save_at: str = '/mnt/c/Users/Kentv/Desktop/test/test.jpg'

with Image.open(
    BytesIO(
        response.content
    )
) as image:
    image.save(save_at)