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Python

Levis Vazquez
Levis Vazquez
961 Points
Posted by Levis Vazquez
Levis Vazquez
961 Points

How do I add a progress bar to my script (Python 3.5)

Hi, I have a script that downloads a . zip file from the internet, the file takes sometime to download so I would like to have a progress bar while it's downloading and when it finish unzip the file to a folder in 'C:\, then deletes the .zip. Here is my script so far, any help will be greatly appreciate.

import urllib.request while True: print("Downloading File") break url = urllib.request.urlretrieve('www.google.com/filename.zip', 'C:/users/home/filename.zip')

1 Answer

Tony Gu
Tony Gu
8,789 Points
Tony Gu
Tony Gu
8,789 Points

Here are a couple of options that I know:

  1. progress - Easy to use progress bars for Python https://github.com/verigak/progress/

  2. clint - Command Line INterface Tools - by the author of Requests https://github.com/kennethreitz