def get_dates_link ( url ) : urllib . request . urlretrieve ( url , "temp.txt" ) dates = get_dates_file ( "temp.txt" ) os . remove ( "temp.txt" ) return dates
how to download txt file from internet in python
download the dates file from the internet and parse it as a dates file
def get_dates_link(url):
    """ download the dates file from the internet and parse it as a dates file"""
    urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, "temp.txt")
    dates = get_dates_file("temp.txt")
    os.remove("temp.txt")
    return dates