How do I download a file from a URL in Python?

Python, download file, requests library

Learn how to download files from a URL using Python's requests library.


        import requests
        
        # URL of the file to be downloaded
        url = 'https://example.com/path/to/your/file.txt'
        
        # Send a GET request to the URL
        response = requests.get(url)
        
        # Check if the request was successful
        if response.status_code == 200:
            # Open a local file in binary write mode
            with open('file.txt', 'wb') as f:
                f.write(response.content)
            print("File downloaded successfully")
        else:
            print("Failed to download the file. Status code:", response.status_code)