Création auto dossier

4chanscrape.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 #Connexion web
 import mechanicalsoup
 import wget
-
+from os import mkdir
 '''
 ############## 4chan thread scrapper ################
 Give me a thread, i'll download all of its pictures !
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def getArgs():
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("-u", "--url", help = "URL of the thread", action="store", type=str, required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", help = "Folder in which downloads will go", action="store", type=str, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", help = "Folder in which downloads will go, ex: ./downloads", action="store", type=str, required=True)
     #Creating the args object
     args=parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@ def scraper(soup):
 
 def item_dl(sources, dlfolder):
     '''
-    Download all items in the sources list to folder dlfolder"
+    Download all items in the sources list to folder dlfolder, which we try to create"
     Args:
     - sources : a list of URLs
     '''
+    try:
+        mkdir(dlfolder)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        print(f"{dlfolder} already exists, not creating")
+
     for source in sources:
         fullsource = "http://" + source
         name = wget.download(fullsource, out=dlfolder)

scrape.py

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 #Connexion web
 import mechanicalsoup
 import wget
-
+from os import mkdir
 '''
-############## image scrapper ################
-Give me a url, i'll download all of its pictures !
+############## 4chan thread scrapper ################
+Give me a page, i'll download all of its pictures !
 '''
 
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def getArgs():
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("-u", "--url", help = "URL of the thread", action="store", type=str, required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", help = "Folder in which downloads will go", action="store", type=str, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", help = "Folder in which downloads will go, ex: ./downloads", action="store", type=str, required=True)
     #Creating the args object
     args=parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@ def scraper(soup):
 
 def item_dl(sources, dlfolder):
     '''
-    Download all items in the sources list to folder dlfolder"
+    Download all items in the sources list to folder dlfolder, which we try to create"
     Args:
     - sources : a list of URLs
     '''
+    try:
+        mkdir(dlfolder)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        print(f"{dlfolder} already exists, not creating")
+
     for source in sources:
         fullsource = "http://" + source
         name = wget.download(fullsource, out=dlfolder)