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Download an image from image url

I have simple django project and I want to download image from website to my media. Url looks like this: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ks-_Mh1QhMc/hqdefault.jpg

How can i do this using python 3.x?

Solution

  • use urllib.request 

    import urllib.request as req

    imgurl ="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ks-_Mh1QhMc/hqdefault.jpg"

    req.urlretrieve(imgurl, "image_name.jpg")