downloader.downloader module

downloader.downloader.head_request(url)

Send HEAD request to given url.

Parameters:url (str) – URL of the internet resource. Returns:Dictionary with headers. Important headers: content-length and content-type. Return type:dict

downloader.downloader.download(url)

Download resource at url.

Parameters:url (str) – URL of the internet resource. Returns:Content of the downloaded resource. Return type:str

downloader.downloader.progress_download(url, steps, callback)

Download resource at url and call callback after each step. The number of steps is defined by steps parameter.

Parameters:

• url (str) – URL of the internet resource.
• steps (int) – Number of steps (how many times will be callback called).
• callback (fn reference) – Reference to function expecting three arguments: step (number of step), downloaded (number of downloaded bytes), content_len (size of downloaded resource).