Download files from URLs with python

Question

I am trying to download files using URLs eg https://filehippo.com/download_vlc-media-player-64/post_download/

I used multiple methods to download them found online, but I do not see output (cannot see the download files or cannot even print them to see something happening just "Process finished with exit code 0").

Attempt 1

import urllib2
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.example.com/file_to_download')
html = response .read()
print(html) --> output is blank

Attempt 2 https://www.tutorialspoint.com/downloading-files-from-web-using-python

I am not sure what I am missing here, any help is apricated.

Answer 1

import urllib2

filedata = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.example.com/file_to_download')
datatowrite = filedata.read()

with open('/Users/location.jpg', 'wb') as f:
f.write(datatowrite)

or

import wget

print('Beginning file download with wget module')

url = 'http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/J---aiyznGQ/mqdefault.jpg'
wget.download(url, '/Users/loca.jpg')