Two easy ways to download a file using Python requests

requests does not provide a

Option 1: Use `requests_download`:

First, install requests_download using

sudo pip3 install requests_download

or equivalent.

Now you can use it like this:

from requests_download import download

download(url, filename)

It also has built-in progress bar support:

from requests_download import download, HashTracker, ProgressTracker
from progressbar import DataTransferBar # sudo pip3 install progressbar2

progress = ProgressTracker(DataTransferBar())

download(pdfUrl, filename, trackers=(progress,))

Option 2: Do it yourself:

Use this snippet in your code:

import requests
import shutil

def requests_download_file(url, filename):
    with requests.get(url, stream=True) as response:
        with open(filename, 'wb') as fout:
            shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, fout)

Option 1: Use requests_download:

Option 2: Do it yourself:

Option 1: Use `requests_download`: