srtmdownload.py

# Defines a class with functions to download zipped file and extract contents as hgt file named 'target'.hgt
import urllib
import zipfile

class srtmDownloader(object):
    def downloadFileL1(self,target):
        url = "http://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/SRTM/SRTMGL1.003/2000.02.11/" + target + ".SRTMGL1.hgt.zip"
        file = urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, "file.hgt.zip")
        zipfile.ZipFile('file.hgt.zip').extractall()
    def downloadFileL3(self,target):
        url = "http://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/SRTM/SRTMGL3.003/2000.02.11/" + target + ".SRTMGL3.hgt.zip"
        file = urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, "file.hgt.zip")
        zipfile.ZipFile('file.hgt.zip').extractall()