How to create a Python program to download file from the web | Python Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will be creating a simple Python script to download files from the web.
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[@arhammonds4492]

This is exactly the tutorial I was needing for a project I'm working on. THANK you! Very clear and easy to follow.

[@vesrus59]

I like the way you explained it, thank you!

[@Kig_Ama]

What if there is no option to copy the download link? If there is only a button that executes JavaScript to download the file.

[@chadhamhalla7310]

Thank you so much for the video, do you have any idea, please, how to do that automatically ( downloading the files automatically) ? Thanks again

[@rachelbu1881]

Thanks, it's very clear and informative! But I have one little question. What if I'd like to change the download destination path to another folder?

[@jiejenn]

On the download_file function, simply insert your folder path along with the file name to set the destination folder location.

[@supreme-lz5yc]

@@jiejenn what do u mean bro

[@Luffy-kf1jj]

@@supreme-lz5yc you can use this command if you want,Its working import os os.chdir('paste your path or') For example os.chdir('/storage/emulated/0/AFileDownload')

[@mozjdmconnection]

thanjs my brother, you're the guy

[@wise480]

appreciate the tutorial man

[@datasciencesauce]

Great work!

[@tibettenballs4962]

thank u for good totorial i ppreciate u

[@duylam5964]

@jie Jin, what if the website requires a password? How do we write a code in which Python will log in with our credentials and download files?

[@abdourahmanediallo1510]

i have the same probleme. can you reply me if you found the answer please ?

[@justasj5628]

Thank you!

[@criticalwill5875]

Hi Jie, thanks for posting this. Great video and clean code ran perfectly! Is there a way to control where the file is downloaded? It currently just throws it to my user folder.

[@criticalwill5875]

I'd like to set to a relative path so that when users run on other machines, it downloads to their default download folder.

[@jiejenn]

When you are opening the file, for example with open(filename, 'wb') as f, you can specify the file path. For example, replace filename argument with 'C:\Test\' + filename.

[@criticalwill5875]

@@jiejenn , thanks for the reply, but I was looking for something along the lines of what Adam Hartleb of Zero To Mastery Academy showed me: from pathlib import Path downloads_folder = str(os.path.join(Path.home(), "Downloads")) For Windows, it's bit more complicated: from winreg import * with OpenKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders') as key: Downloads = QueryValueEx(key, '{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}')[0] print(Downloads)

[@shreya1201]

Thank you for this tutoral. A little doubt. I tried out this tutorial and all worked well, except I can't seem for the file to download & be opened by preview on MacOS as a pdf. When I download it in binary, it doesn't quite open like a typical document. Any suggestions?

[@cro732]

I have a problem with pdf files. how can I download automatically from the Telegram bot. via python thanks

[@lulizeth]

hi, how can I download files with selenium python in IE?

[@dennidaniel115]

I am tryin to download my file by using this script but I'm getting invalid decimal literal error what is meant by that ?

[@aminaslani4411]

Awesome

[@Mishmashes123]

Hi.. Jie how to grab the download button url if it is hidden.. I mean when there no copy link address optn

[@jiejenn]

I don't think I know how.

[@axelcyril4635]

i dont think its "hidden" you probably dont know where to look, you should illustrate what happens in more details in order for anyone to help you

[@videogamebot1211]

right click the image u want, and press inspect, and u should see the URL

[@saidchahir1834]

how do you define the folder where to put the downloaded file?

[@farazsiddiquii9509]

I've been scraping this website since yesterday finally found the download link but it leads to a recaptcha now😩

[@pain-wx2lg]

hi, what if the website you want to automate w/ has a username/password page and authentication code sent to email.

[@jiejenn]

In that case you will need something a little more power and versatile such as Selenium.

[@armanriyahi]

great

[@pieduacademy219]

could we download video with this coding

[@jiejenn]

The program should be able to download anything from the web, regardless if the file is a PDF, video, image, or exe program.

[@lambolin600]

hello, what if there is no link, just a button?

[@jiejenn]

In that case, I would probably use Selenium.

[@lambolin600]

@@jiejenn Thank you!

[@xierli8585]

Why would I go all the way to do this if I can just right click and download the file directly?

[@jiejenn]

I don't know. Maybe you should stick with right click and download a file approach.

[@davidinawe791]

@@jiejenn ahaha

[@davidinawe791]

Depends on the usage, you could f.e. automatically download files from a number of webpages with your programm. But of course be a little careful what you download.

[@xierli8585]

@@davidinawe791 I can only see the purpose of writing a script if I am to download 20-30 files at once

[@RoyalNatangwe]

😂😂😂why worry yourself, this is indeed a gold mine for my project too…been searching it for a minute….but anyway think creatively

[@elbertmaata1258]

Kindly make the message in the computer monitor readable and clear. Some fans of yours have poor eyesight like me. Thank you.

[@jiejenn]

The video was made in year 2020, font size has increased since then.

[@nuronshield5729]

Hi jay

[@RoyalNatangwe]

how would you ldo this for an executable file?

[@jiejenn]

I would probably use pyinstaller to package the script to make the program executable.