''' tk_image_view_url_io.py  display an image from a URL using Tkinter, PIL and data_stream  tested with Python27 and Python33  by  vegaseat  01mar2013  '''     import io  # allows for image formats other than gif  from PIL import Image, ImageTk  try:      # Python2      import Tkinter as tk      from urllib2 import urlopen  except ImportError:      # Python3      import tkinter as tk      from urllib.request import urlopen     root = tk.Tk()     # find yourself a picture on an internet web page you like  # (right click on the picture, under properties copy the address)  #url = "http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif"  # or use image previously downloaded to tinypic.com  #url = "http://i48.tinypic.com/w6sjn6.jpg"  url = "http://i50.tinypic.com/34g8vo5.jpg"     image_bytes = urlopen(url).read()  # internal data file  data_stream = io.BytesIO(image_bytes)  # open as a PIL image object  pil_image = Image.open(data_stream)     # optionally show image info  # get the size of the image  w, h = pil_image.size  # split off image file name  fname = url.split('/')[-1]  sf = "{} ({}x{})".format(fname, w, h)  root.title(sf)     # convert PIL image object to Tkinter PhotoImage object  tk_image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(pil_image)     # put the image on a typical widget  label = tk.Label(root, image=tk_image, bg='brown')  label.pack(padx=5, pady=5)     root.mainloop()