flags_seq.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""Download flags of top 20 countries by population

Sequential version with no error checking.

Example from the book Fluent Python by Luciano Ramalho.

Sample run::

    $ python3 flags.py
    BD BR CD CN DE EG ET FR ID IN IR JP MX NG PH PK RU TR US VN
    20 flags downloaded in 6.63s

"""

import os
import time
import sys

import requests

POP20_CC = ('CN IN US ID BR PK NG BD RU JP '
            'MX PH VN ET EG DE IR TR CD FR').split()  # <2>

BASE_URL = 'http://flupy.org/data/flags'

DEST_DIR = 'downloads/'


def save_flag(img, filename):
    path = os.path.join(DEST_DIR, filename)
    with open(path, 'wb') as fp:
        fp.write(img)


def get_flag(cc):
    url = '{}/{cc}/{cc}.gif'.format(BASE_URL, cc=cc.lower())
    resp = requests.get(url)
    return resp.content


def show(text):
    print(text, end=' ')
    sys.stdout.flush()


def download_many(cc_list):
    for cc in sorted(cc_list):
        image = get_flag(cc)
        show(cc)
        save_flag(image, cc.lower() + '.gif')

    return len(cc_list)


def main(download_many):
    t0 = time.time()
    count = download_many(POP20_CC)
    elapsed = time.time() - t0
    msg = '\n{} flags downloaded in {:.2f}s'
    print(msg.format(count, elapsed))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(download_many)