import os
import urllib.request
from pathlib import Path
from urllib.error import HTTPError
[docs]def download_cif(code: str, data_dir='data'):
"""
Args:
code (str):
data_dir:
"""
Path(data_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # create output directory if it doesn't exist
output_path = os.path.join(data_dir, code + '.cif') # sets ouput path to data_dir/code.cif
root_url = "https://europe.iza-structure.org/IZA-SC/cif/" # sets root URL for the
url = root_url + code + '.cif'
try:
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, output_path)
except HTTPError as err:
if err.code == 404:
print("error code 404: Specified Zeolite Framework not found")
raise
else:
raise