Downloading a picture via urllib and python

Question

So I\'m trying to make a Python script that downloads webcomics and puts them in a folder on my desktop. I\'ve found a few similar programs on here that do something simila

Answer 1

If you need proxy support you can do this:

  if needProxy == False:
    returnCode, urlReturnResponse = urllib.urlretrieve( myUrl, fullJpegPathAndName )
  else:
    proxy_support = urllib2.ProxyHandler({"https":myHttpProxyAddress})
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_support)
    urllib2.install_opener(opener)
    urlReader = urllib2.urlopen( myUrl ).read() 
    with open( fullJpegPathAndName, "w" ) as f:
      f.write( urlReader )