Downloading JSON file through Python

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I have a link that gives me a "save as" dialog box for a .pst file every time I run it. I want to try to save the file to a 'sample.txt' file without opening it since the size is 500 MB.

Is there any way to get around this..?

import urllib

jsonl = urllib.request.urlopen("test.com/csv?date=2019-07-17")

I have tried the code above but it gives me

<http.client.HTTPResponse at 0x9ac4k10>

Could you help me understand how I can interact with it? Im not sure where to start.. — Navy Seal
– Navy Seal, Commented Jul 18, 2019 at 20:39

Wamadahama · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-18 20:41:29Z

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You need to read the data out of the object that urlopen returns.

Try

import urllib
with urllib.request.urlopen("test.com/csv?date=2019-07-17") as f:
        jsonl = f.read()

answered Jul 18, 2019 at 20:41

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Navy Seal Over a year ago

Thanks for the response, but nothing happened. It just took a minute to run but no output.

Navy Seal · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-22 15:22:13Z

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Ok so I had a lot of trouble interacting with the site. I decided to just go with the webbrowser library.

import webbrowser
chrome_path="C:xxx\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
webbrowser.register('chrome', None,webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(chrome_path))
url = 'http://testsite/csv?date=2019-07-18'

Setting chrome to download files automatically populates my download folder from where i can automate everything else :)

answered Jul 22, 2019 at 15:22

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