[ViralFrost]

Hey everyone, I just joined this board and look forward to being a part of the community here. Last night I was bored and decided I'd learn some Python, so I created my first program last night...so here it is. Don't be too hard on me, as this is my first program (I'm sure it could be optimized and could handle exceptions and input errors)... but anyways, the program is for downloading sequenced images from websites. Here's a sample of some input:

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URL of image folder:
http://www.gamersglo....uk/screenshot/

Image prefix:
world-of-warcraft-pc-0

First image number:
1

Last image number:
15

Leading 0 (this is for images 1-9 if for example image 1 is seen as 01) (y/n):
y

Extension:
jpg

The default download folder is C:\Images
if the folder doesn't already exist, the program creates it.

There is an error right now, where if there is a leading 0, it will download 10.jpg and 010.jpg

Also, the program will only work for less than 100 images if there is a leading 0.

Anyways, here's the code:

Code:

import urllib;
import os;
import random;

os.chdir('c:\\');

if os.path.exists('C:\\Images'):
	os.chdir('C:\\Images');
else:
	os.system('mkdir Images');
	os.chdir('C:\\Images');

print('Enter URL of image folder: ');
picture_page = raw_input();

print('Enter image prefix: ');
img_prefix = raw_input();

print('Enter starting image number: ');
img_fnum = raw_input();

print('Enter last image number: ');
img_lnum = raw_input();

print('Leading 0 (y/n): ');
lead0 = raw_input();

print('Enter file extension: ');
ext = raw_input();

a = range(int(img_lnum));

for x in a:
	if lead0 == 'y':
		if x < 10:
			a[int(x)] = '0' + str(x+1);
	else:
		a[int(x)] = str(x+1);

rfolder = random.random();
rfolder = rfolder * 7397;
rfolder = str(int(rfolder));
os.system('mkdir ' + rfolder);


for x in a:
		print('Source: ' + picture_page + img_prefix + str(a[int(x)-1]) + '.' + ext);
		print('Destination: ' + os.getcwd() + '\\' + rfolder + '\\' + img_prefix + str(a[int(x)-1]) + '.' + ext);
		urllib.urlretrieve(picture_page + img_prefix + str(a[int(x)-1]) + '.' + ext, os.getcwd() + '\\' + rfolder + '\\' + img_prefix + str(a[int(x)-1]) + '.' + ext);

If you have some ideas as to how to better automate the process, or maybe how to check whether the image actually exists on the server before the program tries to download it, or any other suggestions or tips for me please let me know!
Thanks!

[ViralFrost]

I've changed the script quite a bit with some help from a couple of people. Let me know what you think. The script has been redesigned to reflect that it can be used to download any file.

Sample input:

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Save directory: C:\Downloads\
URL of file folder on server: http://blob.perl.org...beginning-perl/
File prefix: 3145_Chap
Starting file number: 1
Ending file number: 14
Leading 0s: 1
File extension: pdf

Updated code:

import urllib
import os
import random

#get input - local save directory
savdir = raw_input('\nEnter the directory to save to: ')

#if local save folder doesn't exist, create it - change directory to local save directory
if not os.path.exists(savdir):
	os.mkdir(savdir)
os.chdir(savdir)

#get input - URL, file prefix, first file number, last file number, number of leading 0s, file extension
file_folder = raw_input('Enter URL of containing folder: ')
fprefix = raw_input('Enter file prefix: ')
ffnum = raw_input('Enter starting file number: ')
flnum = raw_input('Enter ending file number: ')
num0 = raw_input('Number of leading 0s (on ones column ex: 001 would be 2 0s, 01 would be 1 0): ')
ext = raw_input('Enter file extension: ')

#create list of file numbers - add leading 0s
fmt = '{0}'
fmt = '{0:0' + str(int(num0)+1) + 'd}'
a = [fmt.format(x) for x in range(int(ffnum), int(flnum) + 1)]

#create random folder in local save directory to save files to
rfolder = str(int(random.random()*7384))
os.mkdir(rfolder)

#output file source and file destination - download files from URL and save to local save folder - output number of files downloaded / number of files
print('\n----Beginning download of ' + str(int(flnum) - int(ffnum) + 1) + ' files----\n')
for x in a:
		print('Src: ' + file_folder + fprefix + str(a[int(x) - int(ffnum)]) + '.' + ext)
		print('Dst: ' + os.getcwd() + '\\' + rfolder + '\\' + fprefix + str(a[int(x) - int(ffnum)]) + '.' + ext)
		urllib.urlretrieve(file_folder + fprefix + str(a[int(x) - 1 - int(ffnum)]) + '.' + ext, os.getcwd() + '\\' + rfolder + '\\' + fprefix + str(a[int(x) - int(ffnum)]) + '.' + ext)
		print('----Download ' + str(int(x) + 1 - int(ffnum)) + '/' + str(int(flnum) - int(ffnum) + 1) + ' complete----\n')