is_downloadable

pyhelpers.ops.is_downloadable(url, request_field='content-type', **kwargs)[source]

Check if a URL leads to a webpage where downloadable content is available.

Parameters:

  • url (str) – A valid URL.

  • request_field (str) – Name of the field/header indicating the original media type of the resource; defaults to 'content-type'.

  • kwargs – [Optional] Additional parameters for the function requests.head().

Returns:

True if the given URL leads to downloadable content, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool

Examples:

>>> from pyhelpers.ops import is_downloadable
>>> url = 'https://www.python.org/static/community_logos/python-logo-master-v3-TM.png'
>>> is_downloadable(url)
True
>>> url = 'https://www.google.co.uk/'
>>> is_downloadable(url)
False