So far, I've used the range function which works when I simply print the lines imported from the URL but when I try to save them to a txt file it only saves line 5 (or whatever the last number of the range is).
target_url="random URL"
request = requests.get(target_url)
text=request.text
lines=text.split("\n")
for i in range(1, 5):
savefile = open('c:/Users/ghostsIIV/Desktop/examplefile.txt', 'w')
savefile.write(lines[i])
savefile.close()
You overwrite your file on every iteration, wiping out the previous information:
for i in range(1, 5):
savefile = open('c:/Users/ghostsIIV/Desktop/examplefile.txt', 'w')
savefile.write(lines[i])
savefile.close()
If you want to write five lines, then just leave the file open as you accumulate data:
savefile = open('c:/Users/ghostsIIV/Desktop/examplefile.txt', 'w')
for i in range(1, 5):
savefile.write(lines[i])
savefile.close()
This is also a good time to learn a (append) mode. Repeat your tutorial on Python files for that information.
Even shorter, open the file and write the four lines you want:
with open('c:/Users/ghostsIIV/Desktop/examplefile.txt', 'w') as savefile:
savefile.write('\n'.join(lines[1:5])
with closes the file when you exit the block.
