import os
path = chap_name
if not os.path.exists(path):
os.makedirs(path)
filename = img_alt + '.jpg'
with open(os.path.join(path, filename), 'wb') as temp_file:
temp_file.write(buff)
Key point is to use os.makedirs
in place of os.mkdir
. It is recursive, i.e. it generates all intermediate directories. See http://docs.python.org/library/os.html
Open the file in binary mode as you are storing binary (jpeg) data.
In response to Edit 2, if img_alt sometimes has “https://stackoverflow.com/” in it:
img_alt = os.path.basename(img_alt)