Source Code for Module ivs.inout.http

 1  """ 
 2  Read or download files from the internet. 
 3  """ 
 4  import urllib 
 5  from ivs.aux import decorators 
 6   
 7  #@decorators.retry_http(3) 
 8 -def download(link,filename=None): 
 9      """ 
10      Download a file from a link. 
11       
12      If you want to download the contents to a file, supply C{filename}. The 
13      function will return that filename as a check. 
14       
15      If you want to read the contents immediately from the url, just give the link, 
16      and a fileobject B{and} the url object will be returned. Remember 
17      to close the url after finishing reading! 
18       
19      @parameter link: the url of the file 
20      @type link: string 
21      @parameter filename: the name of the file to write to (optional) 
22      @type filename: str 
23      @return: output filename(, url object) 
24      @rtype: string(, FancyURLopener) 
25      """ 
26      url = urllib.FancyURLopener() 
27      myfile,msg = url.retrieve(link,filename=filename) 
28      if filename is not None: 
29          url.close() 
30          return myfile 
31      else: 
32          return myfile,url 
33