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File downloader in python and Google Colab

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This is the code for downloading files from internet.

In python (Local computer)

First install requests

pip install requests
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import requests image_url = input("Paste your file url : ") saveAs = input("Save As : ") r = requests.get(image_url) print("\nDownloading Files...\n") with open(saveAs, "wb") as foo: foo.write(r.content) print("\nFile has been saved\n")
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In Google Colab 

import requests image_url = "https://example.com/file.png" # Paste file url here r = requests.get(image_url) print("\nDownloading Files...\n") # Enter your file name ⬇⬇ with open("exampleFile.png", "wb") as foo: foo.write(r.content) print("\nFile has been saved\n")
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For reference 

import requests image_url = input("Paste your file url : ") saveAs = input("Save As : ") r = requests.get(image_url) print("\nDownloading Files...\n") with open(saveAs, "wb") as foo: foo.write(r.content) print("\nFile has been saved\n") ''' # In google colab ------------------------------------------ import requests image_url = "https://example.com/file.png" # Paste file url here r = requests.get(image_url) print("\nDownloading Files...\n") # Enter your file name ⬇⬇ with open("exampleFile.png", "wb") as foo: foo.write(r.content) print("\nFile has been saved\n") '''
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