An EarthData password and username are now required for downloading

[jgomezdans]

So, NASA now requires usernames and passwords.

[jgomezdans]

Bummer, I need to update my local copy to the latest version (which is the 3.5 compatilbe version... groan)

[carminemaffei]

Hi, I'm not sure on how to use GitHub without causing damages. However, here is my attempt to manage Earthdata login credentials. I use Python 2.7 on OSX 10.9. I'm going to merge this into your script. Btw, which is the latest version?

# Import modules
from getpass import get pass
from base64 import b64encode
import urllib2
from shutil import copyfileobj

# Read login credentials and prepare authorisation string
username = raw_input( 'User name: ' )
password = getpass()
authstring = b64encode( '%s:%s' % (username, password) )

# Prepare opener
cookieprocessor = urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor()
opener = urllib2.build_opener( cookieprocessor )

# Prepare request
fileurl = 'http://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOLA/MYD09A1.006/2016.08.20/MYD09A1.A2016233.h19v05.006.2016243125358.hdf'
request = urllib2.Request( fileurl )

# Add authorisation header to request
request.add_header( 'Authorization', 'Basic %s' % authstring )

# Download file
localfilepath = './MYD09A1.A2016233.h19v05.006.2016243125358.hdf'
remotefile = opener.open( request )
with open( localfilepath, 'wb' ) as local file
   copyfileobj( remotefile, localfile )

[jgomezdans]

Carmine, note that release 1.3.2 now works with EarthData logins. Make sure you get this release, 1.3.1 had a stupid bug in it ;-)

You need to install the requests package (pip install requests or use anaconda)

I'm closing this as the code now works for me!