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How can a csv file be downloaded using requests for a url?

asked 2022-03-08 11:00:00 +0000

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answered 2022-07-21 05:00:00 +0000

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Here is an example code snippet to download a CSV file using requests library in Python:

import requests

url = "https://example.com/my_file.csv"  # Replace with your URL
filename = "my_download.csv"  # Replace with desired file name

response = requests.get(url)

if response.status_code == 200:
    with open(filename, "wb") as f:
        f.write(response.content)
    print("File downloaded successfully.")
else:
    print("Download unsuccessful with status code:", response.status_code)

In the above code, we first define the url of the CSV file to be downloaded and the desired filename for the downloaded file.

We then make a GET request to the URL using requests.get() method and store the response in a variable response. The response.content contains the bytes of the downloaded file.

We then check if the request was successful with a status code of 200. If yes, we open a file with the desired filename in binary write mode ("wb") and write the content of the response to the file. We then print a success message.

If the request was unsuccessful, we simply print an error message with the status code.

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