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On 2016-02-19 18:46, noydb wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> Python v 3.4, windows
>
> I want to be able to download this CSV file and save to disk
>>> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/all_month.csv
>
> This (interacting with the web using python) is very new to me, so can anyone provide direction on how to go about doing this?  Is it involved?  Is there a good example out there that can illustrate the needs/mechanics/how-to?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
Lookup "urlretrieve" in the help file.