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Python 3

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Python 2

• urllib2.urlopen (thanks Corey)

    import urllib2
    response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.urlretrieve (thanks PabloG)

    import urllib
    urllib.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Python 3

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

  Note: According to the documentation, urllib.request.urlretrieve is a "legacy interface" and "might become deprecated in the future" (thanks gerrit)

Python 2

• urllib2.urlopen (thanks Corey)

    import urllib2
    response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.urlretrieve (thanks PabloG)

    import urllib
    urllib.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Here's how to do it in Python 3 using the standard library:

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Python 3

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Python 2

• urllib2.urlopen (thanks Corey)

    import urllib2
    response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.urlretrieve (thanks PabloG)

    import urllib
    urllib.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Here's how to do it in Python 3 using the standard library:

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')
  

Here's how to do it in Python 3 using the standard library:

• urllib.request.urlopen

    import urllib.request
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.example.com/')
    html = response.read()
  

• urllib.request.urlretrieve

    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://www.example.com/songs/mp3.mp3', 'mp3.mp3')