grabbing_image_example.ipynb

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    "import requests\n",
    "req=requests.get('https://vivo.brown.edu/display/lgandhi')\n",
    "\n",
    "\n"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
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    "import bs4\n",
    "soup=bs4.BeautifulSoup(req.text,'lxml')"
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    "first=soup.select('.img-circle')[0]"
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     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "<img alt=\"Faculty Picture\" class=\"img-circle\" src=\"https://vivo.brown.edu/profile-images/468/59/lgandhi_photo_.jpg\" width=\"175\"/>"
      ]
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    "first"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "<img\n",
    "src='https://vivo.brown.edu/profile-images/468/59/lgandhi_photo_.jpg'>"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "#leela gandhi "
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
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    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'https://vivo.brown.edu/profile-images/468/59/lgandhi_photo_.jpg'"
      ]
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     "execution_count": 7,
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    "first['src']"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
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   "source": [
    "#if we want to save the image in a jpg file in our working directory\n",
    "\n",
    "image_link=requests.get('https://vivo.brown.edu/profile-images/468/59/lgandhi_photo_.jpg')\n"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
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   "source": [
    "#this is the binary version of the image which is not readable by human we comment out that because it was to large\n",
    "#so we have to input the binary version in while writting to a file (f.write)\n",
    "\n",
    "# image_link.content"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 13,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "#now we will make a variable and open and save the image in the form of jpg format\n",
    "\n",
    "f=open('my_computer_image.jpg','wb')\n",
    "#the image mode is wb  which is write binary \n",
    "f.write(image_link.content)\n",
    "f.close()"
   ]
  }
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