import requests from PIL import Image import urllib.parse as parse import os # Verify url def check_url(string): try: result = parse.urlparse(string) return all([result.scheme, result.netloc, result.path]) except: return False # Load an image def load_image(image_path): if check_url(image_path="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1532635236-d50c8592eb08?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1411&q=80"): return Image.open(requests.get(image_path, stream=True).raw) elif os.path.exists(image_path): return Image.open(image_path.read())