"get_remote_file"


import os
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen


def get_remote_file(filename, verbose=True):
    """
    INPUT:

    - ``filename`` -- the URL of a file on the web, e.g.,
      ``"http://modular.math.washington.edu/myfile.txt"``

    - ``verbose`` -- whether to display download status

    OUTPUT:

    creates a file in the temp directory and returns the absolute path
    to that file.

    EXAMPLES::

        sage: url = 'http://www.sagemath.org/files/loadtest.py'
        sage: g = get_remote_file(url, verbose=False)      # optional - internet
        sage: with open(g) as f: print(f.read())           # optional - internet
        print("hi from the net")
        <BLANKLINE>
        print(2 + 3)

    """
    if verbose:
        print("Attempting to load remote file: " + filename)

    from sage.misc.temporary_file import tmp_filename
    temp_name = tmp_filename() + '.' + os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]
    # IMPORTANT -- urllib takes a long time to load,
    # so do not import it in the module scope.

    # import compatible with py2 and py3
    req = Request(filename, headers={"User-Agent":"sage-doctest"})

    if verbose:
        print("Loading started")

    content = urlopen(req, timeout=1)
    with open(temp_name, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(content.read())

    if verbose:
        print("Loading ended")

    return temp_name
