This Python code shows a way to retrieve a picture from a web page and save it to a file.
Save a Picture from a Web Page (Python)
# load a given picture from a web page and save it to a file
# (you have to be on the internet to do this)
# tested with Python24 vegaseat 19sep2006
import urllib2
import webbrowser
import os
# find yourself a picture on a web page you like
# (right click on the picture, look under properties and copy the address)
picture_page = "http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif"
#webbrowser.open(picture_page) # test
# open the web page picture and read it into a variable
opener1 = urllib2.build_opener()
page1 = opener1.open(picture_page)
my_picture = page1.read()
# open file for binary write and save picture
# picture_page[-4:] extracts extension eg. .gif
# (most image file extensions have three letters, otherwise modify)
filename = "my_image" + picture_page[-4:]
print filename # test
fout = open(filename, "wb")
fout.write(my_picture)
fout.close()
# was it saved correctly?
# test it out ...
webbrowser.open(filename)
# or ...
# on Windows this will display the image in the default viewer
#os.startfile(filename)
sadani 0 Newbie Poster
hello,
thanks for posting nice n easy code.
i tried it and it works fine for me
now i want to make some changes in it.
e.g;
currently it can only save specified image.
what if i want to save all image present on a particular URL.
i.e;
fetch all images on a particular URL and save it on disk
can anyone give me a hint or help me to do it.
thanks
RonaldDuncan 0 Newbie Poster
Hi,
I had a go using the posted code, and then found a simpler way.
urllib.urlretrieve(page_url,save_url )I did create a file for it since I was using it for the same issue as you had.
#SaveBinary.py
import urllib
def saveBinary(page_url,save_url):
"""saves the page to the specified path
need to add progress report and exception handling
>>> saveBinary( "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3", "D:\\cd\\Audobooks\\barrie - peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington\\barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3")
print "saved" + "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3"
"""
print "getting" + page_url
urllib.urlretrieve(page_url,save_url )
urllib.urlcleanup()
print "saved" + page_url
#saveBinary( "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_004_cap03.mp3", "D:\\cd\\Audobooks\\barrie - peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington\\barrie_peter_pan_sil_004_cap03.mp3")RonaldDuncan
http://www.uk-plc.net
RonaldDuncan 0 Newbie Poster
full programme to download the mp3 audio books on http://www.liberliber.it This is my first python program so I am sure it can be massively improved. However you should be able to easily hack it to download your images :)
Bring back the authors
#GetListofAuthors.py
import urllib
import re
import GetListOfUrls
root_url = "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/libroparlato.htm"
root = "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/"
# print root
f = urllib.urlopen(root_url )
html=f.read()
# print html
href = re.compile(r'\<a href="\S/[^"]+/index.htm"\>')
hrefs = href.findall(html)
# print hrefs
currentHrefs = hrefs[4:]
setHrefs = set(currentHrefs)
for ref in setHrefs:
# print ref
GetListOfUrls.getListOfUrls(root + ref)
print "end of programme"This calls GetListOfUrls
#GetListOfUrls.py
import urllib
import string
import os
import SaveBinary
import re
def getListOfUrls(author_href):
getQ = re.compile(r'\"[^"]+/index.htm\"')
a=getQ.findall(author_href)
# print a
author_url = a[0]
author_url = author_url[1:-1]
bits = string.split(author_url,"/")
author = bits[1]
author_url = bits[0] + "/" + bits[1] + "/"
root_url = "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/" + author_url
root = root_url[0:-9]
print "getting" + root_url
f = urllib.urlopen(root_url )
html=f.read()
## print html
href = re.compile(r'\<a href="[^"]+\.mp3"\>')
hrefs = href.findall(html)
## print hrefs
save_path_root = "D:\\CD\\Audobooks\\"
#ref = hrefs[0]
for ref in hrefs:
# print ref
getQuoted = re.compile(r'\"[^"]+\.mp3\"')
m=getQuoted.findall(ref)
# print m
item_url = m[0]
# print item_url
item_url = item_url[1:-1]
# print item_url
parts = string.split(item_url,"/")
# print parts
book = parts[0]
file = parts[-1]
# print author, book, file
save_path = save_path_root + author + " - " + book + "\\"
if not os.access(save_path,os.F_OK) :
os.mkdir(save_path)
# print root_url + item_url
SaveBinary.saveBinary(root_url+item_url,save_path+file)And finally SaveBinary
#SaveBinary.py
import urllib
def saveBinary(page_url,save_url):
"""saves the page to the specified path
>>> saveBinary( "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3", "D:\\cd\\Audobooks\\barrie - peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington\\barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3")
print "saved" + "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_003_cap02.mp3"
"""
print "getting" + page_url
urllib.urlretrieve(page_url,save_url )
urllib.urlcleanup()
print "saved" + page_url
#saveBinary( "http://www.liberliber.it/audioteca/b/barrie/peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington/mp3/barrie_peter_pan_sil_004_cap03.mp3", "D:\\cd\\Audobooks\\barrie - peter_pan_nei_giardini_di_kensington\\barrie_peter_pan_sil_004_cap03.mp3")PS as you can see I am learning italian :)
RonaldDuncan
http://www.uk-plc.net
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