ml.py

#/usr/bin/python3

import os
import tarfile
from six.moves import urllib

DOWNLOAD_ROOT = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ageron/handson-ml/master/"
HOUSING_PATH = os.path.join("datasets","housing")
HOUSING_URL = DOWNLOAD_ROOT + "datasets/housing/housing.tgz"

def fetch_housing_data(housing_url=HOUSING_URL,housing_path=HOUSING_PATH):
    if not os.path.isdir(housing_path):
        os.makedirs(housing_path)
    tgz_path = os.path.join(housing_path,"housing.tgz")

    urllib.request.urlretrieve(housing_url,tgz_path)
    housing_tgz = tarfile.open(tgz_path)

    housing_tgz.extractall(path=housing_path)
    housing_tgz.close()


fetch_housing_data()