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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+from optparse import OptionParser
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    import simplejson as json
+import re
+import urllib2
+import urlparse
+
+def main():
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option("--talos-json-url", dest="talos_json_url", type="string",
+                      help="It indicates from where to download the talos.json file.")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if options.talos_json_url == None:
+        print "You need to specify --talos-json-url."
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # json file with info on which talos.zip to use
+    # the json file URL should look like this:
+    #  %(repo_path)s/raw-file/%(revision)s/testing/talos/talos.json
+    try:
+        jsonFilename = download_file(options.talos_json_url)
+    except:
+        print "ERROR: We have been unable to download the talos.zip indicated " + \
+              "in the talos.json file."
+        print "ERROR: %s" % str(e)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print "INFO: talos.json URL:  %s" % options.talos_json_url
+    talos_zip_url = get_value(jsonFilename, "talos_zip")
+    print "INFO: talos.zip URL: '%s'" % talos_zip_url
+    if options.talos_json_url.startswith("http://hg.mozilla.org/try/") == False:
+        p = re.compile('^http://build.mozilla.org/talos/zips/talos.*?\.zip$')
+        m = p.match(talos_zip_url)
+        if m == None:
+            print "ERROR: You have tried to download a talos.zip from a location " + \
+                  "different than http://build.mozilla.org/talos/zips"
+            print "ERROR: This is only allowed for the 'try' branch."
+            exit(1)
+    try:
+        download_file(talos_zip_url, "talos.zip")
+    except:
+        print "ERROR: We have been unable to download the talos.zip indicated " + \
+              "in the talos.json file."
+        print "ERROR: %s" % str(e)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+def get_filename_from_url(url):
+    '''
+    This returns the filename of the file we're trying to download
+    '''
+    parsed = urlparse.urlsplit(url.rstrip('/'))
+    if parsed.path != '':
+        return parsed.path.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+    else:
+        print "ERROR: We were trying to download a file from %s " + \
+              "but the URL seems to be incorrect."
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+def download_file(url, saveAs=None):
+    '''
+    It downloads a file from the URL indicated and can be saved locally with
+    a different name if needed.
+    '''
+    req = urllib2.Request(url)
+    filename = get_filename_from_url(url)
+    f = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+    local_file = open(saveAs if saveAs else filename, 'wb')
+    local_file.write(f.read())
+    local_file.close()
+    return filename
+
+def get_value(json_filename, key):
+    '''
+    It loads up a JSON file and returns the value for the given string
+    '''
+    f = open(json_filename, 'r')
+    return json.load(f)[key]
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()