How can an image be loaded from a URL?

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To load an image from a URL in most programming languages, you would typically use a library or module that can handle HTTP requests and image loading. Here is an example of how to load an image from a URL using Python and the Pillow library:

from PIL import Image
import requests
from io import BytesIO

url = "https://example.com/image.jpg"
response = requests.get(url)
img = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))

Here's a breakdown of what's happening:

1. Import the necessary libraries/modules: Image from the PIL library for image manipulation, requests for making HTTP requests, and BytesIO for handling image data as a stream of bytes.

2. Set the url variable to the URL of the image you want to load.

3. Use the requests.get() method to make an HTTP GET request to the specified URL.

4. Get the raw image data from the response using response.content.

5. Use BytesIO to read the raw image data as a stream of bytes.

6. Pass the byte stream to Image.open() to create an Image object that can be used for manipulation or display.

Note that this is just one way to load an image from a URL, and the actual implementation may vary depending on your programming language and specific use case.