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pythonwindowsweb-scrapingwget
Aedam
Aedam

Reputation: 141

Have a wget command in python script (Windows)

I have wget downloaded in the folder, and I run the following command:

wget.exe -i link_goes_here.mp4 -c -nc -P "K:\Folder\of\Saved\videos"

Is there any way to have this run inside a Python script so I don't have to manually run this command? I have a Python script that has:

print(link)

I'm wondering if there is any way to have the wget perform its download after that print occurs?

Here is the script I am working with:

while True:
    try:
        file=open('recent.txt','a', buffering=1)
        try:
            response=[]
            response=requests.get(API_link,proxies=proxies,headers=headers).text.split('[')[1].split(']')[0]
            response=response.split(',')
            for i in response:
                temp=''
                temp=i.split('"')[1].split('"')[0]
                if temp not in list_:
                    link=''
                    link=starting_part+temp+".mp4"
                    print(link)
                    file.write(link)
                    file.write('\n')
                    list_+=[temp]
            file.close()
            sleep(5)
        except:
            continue    
        print(len(list_))
    except requests.ConnectionError:
        continue
    except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
        continue
    else:
        #print('Something happened\n')
        continue

Upvotes: 1

Views: 862

Answers (3)

Golden Beats
Golden Beats

Reputation: 31

Use subprocess.Popen() to execute terminal commands.

Upvotes: 1

Pr1orit3 T1ps
Pr1orit3 T1ps

Reputation: 33

Just like @Quintin said

import subprocess
command = ["wget.exe", "-i", link, "-c", "-nc", '"K:\Folder\of\Saved\videos"']
print(link)
process = subprocess.Popen(command)

but instead use link after the -i.

Upvotes: 1

Quintin
Quintin

Reputation: 125

If I understand you type that command into a command line. you can use the subprocess library to do this.

import subprocess
command = ["wget.exe", "-i", "https://link.com/video.mp4", "-c", "-nc", '"K:\Folder\of\Saved\videos"']
print(link)
process = subprocess.Popen(command)

I believe this is what your asking if not tell me and I can help :)

Upvotes: 2

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