wget_interface#

ioapps.wget_interface.get_weblist(url, path, matchstr=None, remove_webfile=True, ext=None)[source]#

DESCRIPTION:

This function collects a list of files beneath the specified URL.

Parameters:
url: str

A Python string specifying the path to the internet (world-wide web; WWW) file to be retrieved.

path: str

A Python string specifying the local path to which to write the retrieved file.

Returns:
weblist: List

A Python list containing the files beneath the specified URL.

Raises:
WgetInterfaceError:
  • raised if an Exception is encountered; the respective error message accompanys the message string passed to the WgetInterfaceError class.

Return type:

List

ioapps.wget_interface.get_webfile(url, path, ignore_missing=False)[source]#

DESCRIPTION:

This function collects the specified URL path using the Python wget package.

Parameters:
url: str

A Python string specifying the path to the internet (world-wide web; WWW) file to be retrieved.

path: str

A Python string specifying the local path to which to write the retrieved file.

Raises:
WgetInterfaceError:
  • raised if an Exception related to a missing URL path is encountered.