Problem using urllib to download images

[tstrogen@googlemail.com]

I am using Python 2.6 on Mac OS 10.3.9.
I have been trying to use:
image = urllib.URLopene r()
image.retrieve( url, filename)
to download images from websites. I am able to do so, and end up with
the appropriate file. However, when I try to open the file, I get an
error message. It's something about corrupted data, and an
unrecognised file.
Anyone know what I'm talking about/had similar experiences?
-Taidgh

[drobinow@gmail.com]

Re: Problem using urllib to download images

On Nov 3, 11:48 am, tstro...@google mail.com wrote:

I am using Python 2.6 on Mac OS 10.3.9.
I have been trying to use:
image = urllib.URLopene r()
image.retrieve( url, filename)
to download images from websites. I am able to do so, and end up with
the appropriate file. However, when I try to open the file, I get an
error message. It's something about corrupted data, and an
unrecognised file.
Anyone know what I'm talking about/had similar experiences?
-Taidgh

Please show an actual program, complete with error messages.

import urllib
image = urllib.URLopene r()
image.retrieve( "http://www.python.org/images/success/nasa.jpg",
"NASA.jpg")


Works for me.

[tstrogen@googlemail.com]

Re: Problem using urllib to download images

Then perhaps it's a problem with my os.
[TERMINAL SESSION]
[18:16:33 Mon Nov 03] python
Python 2.6 (trunk:66714:66 715M, Oct 1 2008, 18:36:04)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import urllib
>>url = 'http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en'
>>filename = 'logo.gif'
>>image = urllib.URLopene r()
>>image.retriev e(url, filename)

('logo.gif', <httplib.HTTPMe ssage instance at 0x5196e8>)
[/TERMINAL SESSION]
And here's the error message I get when I try to open it: "File Error:
Couldn't open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that
Preview doesn't recognize.".
I have had a similar result trying to open it with other programs.
-Taidgh

[Jerry Hill]

Re: Problem using urllib to download images

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:21 PM, <tstrogen@googl email.comwrote:

Then perhaps it's a problem with my os.
[TERMINAL SESSION]
[18:16:33 Mon Nov 03] python
Python 2.6 (trunk:66714:66 715M, Oct 1 2008, 18:36:04)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>>import urllib
>>>url = 'http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en'

That's not the URL of an image file. Maybe you're looking for
url = 'http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif'

>>>filename = 'logo.gif'
>>>image = urllib.URLopene r()
>>>image.retrie ve(url, filename)

('logo.gif', <httplib.HTTPMe ssage instance at 0x5196e8>)
[/TERMINAL SESSION]
And here's the error message I get when I try to open it: "File Error:
Couldn't open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that
Preview doesn't recognize.".
I have had a similar result trying to open it with other programs.

That's because you downloaded some HTML and saved it in a file named
logo.gif. That's unlikely to work in any image viewing program. Try
opening the file you downloaded in a text editor and you'll see.

--
Jerry

[tstrogen@googlemail.com]

Re: Problem using urllib to download images

That's because you downloaded some HTML and saved it in a file named

logo.gif. That's unlikely to work in any image viewing program. Try
opening the file you downloaded in a text editor and you'll see.
>
--
Jerry

Aha, so the first param is the file, and second is the name you save
the files as. Thankyou, for pointing out my stupid mistake. I was
confused by trying to replicate a program called 'comicdownloade r.py'
off of uselesspython.c om. I thought that the first param was the page
containing the file, and the second was the file. And that the file
would simply be saved as it's name on the website. Thanks again.
-Taidgh