1 urlgrabber is a pure python package that drastically simplifies
2 the fetching of files. It is designed to be used in programs that
3 need common (but not necessarily simple) url-fetching features.
4 It is extremely simple to drop into an existing program and provides
5 a clean interface to protocol-independant file-access. Best of all,
6 urlgrabber takes care of all those pesky file-fetching details,
7 and lets you focus on whatever it is that your program is written