Get wget output in python variable

Question

I am able to download the file using wget and I can see the progress in the console, But how can we store this output into a python variable ?.

a sample code give below, I am excepting something like this.

output = os.popen('wget https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/python3_tutorial.pdf')

Possible duplicate of Assign output of os.system to a variable and prevent it from being displayed on the screen — Open AI - Opting Out
– Open AI - Opting Out, Commented May 18, 2017 at 13:28
@ Peter Wood,wget result is different than other os command results — Arun
– Arun, Commented May 18, 2017 at 13:30

Serve Laurijssen · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-18 13:27:33Z

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In general you can catch stdout of programs with subprocess

import subprocess

output = subprocess.check_output('ping localhost', stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)

answered May 18, 2017 at 13:27

Serve Laurijssen

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@Arun That's an answer on the linked duplicate

Mark Beilfuss · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-18 13:26:36Z

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I wouldn't recommend using wget, use urllib instead: https://docs.python.org/2/library/urllib.html.

If you must use wget just read the output file after wget writes it.

os.system('wget https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/python3_tutorial.pdf -O your_file_path')
print open('your_file_path').read()

answered May 18, 2017 at 13:26

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