Timeline for How to download a file over HTTP?

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Nov 6, 2017 at 14:20	comment	added	Mmmh mmh		Use `shutil.copyfileobj(mp3file, output)` instead.
Nov 16, 2016 at 12:29	comment	added	Rodrigo E. Principe		@hughdbrown I found your script useful, but have one question: can I use the file for post-processing? suppose I download a jpg file that I want to process with OpenCV, can I use the 'data' variable to keep working? or do I have to read it again from the downloaded file?
S Mar 10, 2016 at 17:14	history	edited	Matthew Strawbridge	CC BY-SA 3.0	made this shorter and RAII-compatible. Also, added explicit language specifier and tweaked descriptive text
S Mar 10, 2016 at 17:14	history	suggested	Parthian Shot	CC BY-SA 3.0	made this shorter and RAII-compatible. Also, added explicit language specifier
Mar 10, 2016 at 16:39	review	Suggested edits
S Mar 10, 2016 at 17:14
Oct 7, 2015 at 16:02	comment	added	hughdbrown		To avoid reading the whole file into memory, try passing an argument to `file.read` that is the number of bytes to read. See: gist.github.com/hughdbrown/c145b8385a2afa6570e2
Jul 30, 2015 at 15:10	comment	added	Lucas Henrique		@tripplet so how would we fix that?
Jul 7, 2015 at 9:40	review	Suggested edits
Jul 7, 2015 at 10:27
Nov 18, 2012 at 13:33	comment	added	tripplet		The disadvantage of this solution is, that the entire file is loaded into ram before saved to disk, just something to keep in mind if using this for large files on a small system like a router with limited ram.
Aug 22, 2008 at 15:58	history	answered	Grant	CC BY-SA 2.5