download_from_url.py

import os
import requests
import shutil
from download_util import download_file
THIS_FILE_PATH = os.path.abspath(__file__)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(THIS_FILE_PATH)
DOWNLOADS_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "downloads")
os.makedirs(DOWNLOADS_DIR, exist_ok=True)

downloaded_img_path = os.path.join(DOWNLOADS_DIR, '1.jpg')
url = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Classic_view_of_a_cloudfree_Peyto_Lake%2C_Banff_National_Park%2C_Alberta%2C_Canada_%284110933448%29.jpg/330px-Classic_view_of_a_cloudfree_Peyto_Lake%2C_Banff_National_Park%2C_Alberta%2C_Canada_%284110933448%29.jpg"

# a smallish item
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
r.raise_for_status() # 200
with open(downloaded_img_path, 'wb') as f:
    f.write(r.content)


# dl_filename = os.path.basename(url)
# new_dl_path = os.path.join(DOWNLOADS_DIR, dl_filename)
# with requests.get(url, stream=True) as r:
#     with open(new_dl_path, 'wb') as file_obj:
#         shutil.copyfileobj(r.raw, file_obj)


download_file(url, DOWNLOADS_DIR)