Python wget.download() | Download Image from URL

Simplest way to download an image from it’s URL using Python wget module’s download method.

Contents

• Syntax
• Examples
  • Code#1
  • Code#2

Prerequisites:
1. Install wget library

Syntax:

get.download(URL, Target Directory (optional))

Parameters:
URL – Image URL Example: https://gethowstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/python-crash-course-001.jpg

Target Directory (optional) – Path where downloaded image will be saved. Otherwise, it will be saved to current working directory (the python script’s folder)

Also Read: download Instagram Images using Python

Examples

Code#1 : Download image to current working directory

import wget
import os

img = input("enter image URL \n") 
#Example:https://gethowstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/python-crash-course-001.jpg

# Calling wget.download method 
img = wget.download(img)

# Printing Filename
print(img)

# Printing file path
print(os.getcwd() + "\\" + img)

Output:
python-crash-course-001 (2).jpg
C:\Users\PycharmProjects\example\venv\Scripts\python-crash-course-001 (2).

Code#2: Download image to specific directory

import wget
import os

img = input("enter image URL \n")

# downloading image
img = wget.download(img, "C:\\TEMP")

# printing downloaded image file path
print(img)

Output:
enter image URL
https://gethowstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/python-crash-course-001.jpg
C:\TEMP/python-crash-course-001 (1).jpg

References: Python wget.download() documentation

Notes: Above codes are validated with Python 3.7 on PyCharm 2019.3.3 on Windows 10 PC