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>     with open(localpath, 'wb') as fl:
> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'c:'

I remember gloomily (haven't used windows since ages) that newer 
Windows versions don't like users to write directly to C:. Have you 
tried to save the file to your Documents folder?

Regards,
Alba