python - Finding the user's "Downloads" folder
<p>I already found <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6227590/finding-the-users-my-documents-path">this question</a> that suggests to use <code>os.path.expanduser(path)</code> to get the user's home directory.</p>

<p>I would like to achieve the same with the "Downloads" folder. I know that <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10667012/getting-downloads-folder-in-c">this is possible in C#</a>, yet I'm new to Python and don't know if this is possible here too, preferable platform-independent (Windows, Ubuntu).</p>

<p>I know that I just could do <code>download_folder = os.path.expanduser("~")+"/Downloads/"</code>, yet <a href="http://www.mstoic.com/how-to-change-downloads-folder-location-in-windows-7/" rel="noreferrer">(at least in Windows) it is possible to change the Default download folder</a>.</p>