Here is a code to download a file and write it into a file. this code can download anyfile irrespective of the it’s type. It downloads the file specified in URL and saves it as File.pdf.

from sgmllib import SGMLParser

class Crawler(SGMLParser):
def reset(self):
SGMLParser.reset(self)
self.URL = "http://somesite.com/resume.pdf"
self.ReterievedFile = "File.pdf"

if __name__ == "__main__":
import urllib
parser = Crawler()

try:
usock = urllib.urlretrieve(self.URL,parser.ReterievedFile)
except IOError:
print "error"

parser.close()