download¶

download(url, path=None, overwrite=False, sha1_hash=None, retries=5, verify_ssl=True)¶

Download an given URL

Parameters:

url : str: URL to download
path : str, optional: Destination path to store downloaded file. By default stores to the current directory with same name as in url.
overwrite : bool, optional: Whether to overwrite destination file if already exists.
sha1_hash : str, optional: Expected sha1 hash in hexadecimal digits. Will ignore existing file when hash is specified but doesn’t match.
retries : integer, default 5: The number of times to attempt the download in case of failure or non 200 return codes
verify_ssl : bool, default True: Verify SSL certificates.

Returns: