{"id":1165,"date":"2023-06-27T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-analytics.club\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:58:03","slug":"best-practices-of-downloading-files-from-the-web-using-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-analytics.club\/best-practices-of-downloading-files-from-the-web-using-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices of Downloading Files From the Web Using Python."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Downloading files from the internet programmatically is a task frequently encountered in Python applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do it a few times a year. Sometimes, the number of files we need to download from an internet archive is large enough to spend a few weeks. With programmatic access, we can bring it down to less than a day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I download files using Python<\/a> a few times a year. Also, I’ve built data pipelines with Python<\/a>, automatically downloading files from the web. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This article delves into the realm of optimal file-downloading techniques using Python, shedding light on crucial aspects like exception handling, employing suitable libraries, and incorporating advanced functionalities such as resumable downloads and stream processing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Join me as we embark on this journey of exploring the top best practices for Python-based file downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grab your aromatic coffee <\/a>(or tea<\/a>) and get ready…!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Python ecosystem is so rich. We have a package for almost every need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Requests is one such Python library that helps us make HTTP requests programmatically. And this could download files as well. Sometimes, this isn’t the best way to download files. If you can’t directly access the file with the URL, you might have to use Selenium to download the file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But for this post’s purpose, we stick with the request library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s take a look at a simple example that demonstrates how to download a file using the Downloading files using the requests library<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n
requests<\/code> library:<\/p>\n\n\n\n