Write A Python Script To Access A Website's URL And Download

Write A Python Script That Accesses A Websites Url And Dowloads A Pic

Write A Python Script That Accesses A Websites Url And Dowloads A Pic

Write a Python script that accesses a website's URL and dowloads a picture to your computer's hard drive. Then access another URL and dowload the HTML file associated with that web address. Add print statements to indicate the program is downloading the content. For example: (the listed URL's are fake, they should not be used - find your own URL's for your code) The script is currently downloading an image from ..... The script is currently downloading an html page from .....

Submit your code copied and pasted into a document and include multiple screen shots. One should be of the program executing on your computer, the next one should be a screen shot showing me that the picture downloaded to your system and the last one should be a screen shot of the file downloaded to your system.

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Write A Python Script That Accesses A Websites Url And Dowloads A Pic

Python Script to Download Image and HTML Content from Web

In today’s digital age, automation of web content retrieval using Python has become an essential skill for developers, researchers, and data analysts. The ability to programmatically access web pages and download resources such as images and HTML files streamlines data collection, supports automated testing, and enhances data analysis workflows. This paper outlines a simple yet practical Python script designed to access specified URLs, download images and HTML content, and provides insights into the implementation, libraries involved, and best practices for web content downloading.

Introduction

Accessing web resources using scripting languages like Python is a foundational task in numerous applications, including web scraping, data mining, and automation. The primary libraries utilized for such tasks are requests for HTTP requests and os or pathlib for handling file operations. This script demonstrates how to download an image from a specified URL and save it locally, then retrieve an HTML page from another URL, providing real-time feedback through print statements.

Methodology

The script employs the requests library to perform GET requests for the targeted URLs. Following successful retrieval, the content is written to local files with appropriate names. Key aspects include error handling to manage failed requests and ensuring the downloaded files are stored in a designated directory. The script contains print statements that inform the user about the ongoing process, enhancing usability and transparency.

Implementation

The Python code below illustrates this process. Ensure that the requests library is installed in your Python environment (pip install requests).

import requests


import os


Specify URLs


image_url = 'https://example.com/sample-image.jpg'  # Replace with your chosen image URL


html_url = 'https://example.com/sample-page.html'   # Replace with your chosen HTML URL


Define local filenames


image_filename = 'downloaded_image.jpg'


html_filename = 'downloaded_page.html'


Download image


print(f"Script is currently downloading an image from {image_url}")


try:


response = requests.get(image_url)


response.raise_for_status()


with open(image_filename, 'wb') as f:


f.write(response.content)


print(f"Image successfully downloaded and saved as {image_filename}")


except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:


print(f"Failed to download image: {e}")


Download HTML page


print(f"Script is currently downloading an HTML page from {html_url}")


try:


response = requests.get(html_url)


response.raise_for_status()


with open(html_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:


f.write(response.text)


print(f"HTML page successfully downloaded and saved as {html_filename}")


except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:


print(f"Failed to download HTML page: {e}")

Discussion

This script demonstrates fundamental techniques for web content retrieval using Python. Proper error handling ensures the script remains robust even if a requested resource is unavailable or the URL is incorrect. The print statements serve as user feedback, indicating progress throughout the download process. For deployment or automation, additional features such as dynamic URL input, recursive downloading, and directory management can be integrated.

Conclusion

Automating web resource downloads in Python simplifies data collection workflows and reduces manual effort. The script provided serves as a basic template that can be expanded for more complex web scraping, data analysis, or archiving tasks. Using libraries like requests alongside robust error handling and user feedback makes such scripts reliable and user-friendly.

References

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  • Stack Overflow. (n.d.). How to download files using requests. Retrieved from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16694907/how-to-download-large-file-in-python
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