utils.py

# Author: Kyle Kastner
# License: BSD 3 Clause

try:
    import urllib.reques as urllib
except ImportError:
    import urllib2 as urllib


def download(url, server_fname, local_fname=None, progress_update_percentage=6):
    """
    An internet download utility modified from
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22676/
    how-do-i-download-a-file-over-http-using-python/22776#22776
    """
    u = urllib.urlopen(url)
    if local_fname is None:
        local_fname = server_fname
    full_path = local_fname
    meta = u.info()
    with open(full_path, 'wb') as f:
        try:
            file_size = int(meta.get("Content-Length"))
        except TypeError:
            print("WARNING: Cannot get file size, displaying bytes instead!")
            file_size = 100
        print("Downloading: %s Bytes: %s" % (server_fname, file_size))
        file_size_dl = 0
        block_sz = int(1E7)
        p = 0
        while True:
            buffer = u.read(block_sz)
            if not buffer:
                break
            file_size_dl += len(buffer)
            f.write(buffer)
            if (file_size_dl * 100. / file_size) > p:
                status = r"%10d  [%3.2f%%]" % (file_size_dl, file_size_dl *
                                               100. / file_size)
                print(status)
                p += progress_update_percentage