Download file with urllib
The text processing that creates/updates the XML file is written in Python. I use wget inside a Windows .bat file to download the actual MP3 however. I would prefer to have the entire utility written in Python though. I struggled though to find a way to actually down load the file in Python, thus why I resorted to wget. In this article we will take a look at some of the most popular ways you can download files with Python. Using the urllib.request Module. The urllib.request module is used to open or download a file over HTTP. Specifically, the urlretrieve method of this module is what we'll use for actually retrieving the file.