save resouce from url to local system using python

[prasad ap]

Hi, i am completely new for python, i need one program which access the url and save the particular file to local system. the url like url=http://www.tizag.com/pics/example.swf. I want to save that shock wave file to local drive using python.
Not only swf file, pdf or ppt files also ok...

please help me...

Prasad

[chris webster]

Look at the Python 3 urllib module, which provides various functions to allow you to read stuff via URLs.

[Pat Farrell]

Chris' suggestion will work, but have you considered using wget or curl? They do what you want, are well documented and tested. No need to reinvent the wheel.

[chris webster]

prasad ap,
Your post was moved to a new topic. See below.

[chris webster]

Now we're talking about converting between file formats, I don't think this is really a Python question any more, so I thought you might get more help in a more general forum (General Computing).