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Harsh S.1's avatar
Harsh S.1
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10 years ago

How to download thumbnail/image file

Hi  I am using the python requests library to request a particular thumbnail from my dropbox. My request receives a 200 response. However, how do i use this response object to actually display/save...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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10 years ago

I think your question is just about how to use the requests library, so this probably isn't the best place to ask for help.

That said, here's a simple example of how to read the content from a URL using requests:

import requests
response = requests.get('http://www.example.com')
print(response.content)

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