def download_and_verify(url, md5sum, fname=None,
                        chunk_size=1024, clobber=False,
                        verbose=True):
    """
    Download a file and verify the MD5 sum.

    Args:
        url (str): The URL to download.
        md5sum (str): The expected MD5 sum.
        fname (Optional[str]): The filename to store the downloaded file in.
            If `None`, infer the filename from the URL. Defaults to `None`.
        chunk_size (Optional[int]): Process in chunks of this size (in Bytes).
            Defaults to 1024.
        clobber (Optional[bool]): If `True`, any existing, identical file will
            be overwritten. If `False`, the MD5 sum of any existing file with
            the destination filename will be checked. If the MD5 sum does not
            match, the existing file will be overwritten. Defaults to `False`.
        verbose (Optional[bool]): If `True` (the default), then a progress bar
            will be shownd during downloads.

    Returns:
        The filename the URL was downloaded to.

    Raises:
        DownloadError: The MD5 sum of the downloaded file does not match
            `md5sum`.
        requests.exceptions.HTTPError: There was a problem connecting to the
            URL.
    """

    # Determine the filename
    if fname is None:
        fname = url.split('/')[-1]

    # Check if the file already exists on disk
    if (not clobber) and os.path.isfile(fname):
        print('Checking existing file to see if MD5 sum matches ...')
        md5_existing = get_md5sum(fname, chunk_size=chunk_size)
        if md5_existing == md5sum:
            print('File exists. Not overwriting.')
            return fname

    # Make sure the directory it's going into exists
    dir_name = os.path.dirname(fname)
    if not os.path.exists(dir_name):
        os.makedirs(dir_name)

    sig = hashlib.md5()

    if verbose:
        print('Downloading {} ...'.format(url))

    if url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://'):
        # Stream the URL as a file, copying to local disk
        with contextlib.closing(requests.get(url, stream=True)) as r:
            try:
                r.raise_for_status()
            except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as error:
                print('Error connecting to URL: "{}"'.format(url))
                print(r.text)
                raise error

            with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
                content_length = r.headers.get('content-length')
                if content_length is not None:
                    content_length = int(content_length)
                bar = FileTransferProgressBar(content_length)

                for k,chunk in enumerate(r.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size)):
                    f.write(chunk)
                    sig.update(chunk)

                    if verbose:
                        bar_val = chunk_size*(k+1)
                        if content_length is not None:
                            bar_val = min(bar_val, content_length)
                        bar.update(bar_val)
    else: # e.g., ftp://
        with contextlib.closing(urlopen(url)) as r:
            content_length = r.headers.get('content-length')
            if content_length is not None:
                content_length = int(content_length)
            bar = FileTransferProgressBar(content_length)

            with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
                k = 0
                while True:
                    chunk = r.read(chunk_size)

                    if not chunk:
                        break

                    f.write(chunk)
                    sig.update(chunk)

                    if verbose:
                        k += 1
                        bar_val = chunk_size*k
                        if content_length is not None:
                            bar_val = min(bar_val, content_length)
                        bar.update(bar_val)


    if sig.hexdigest() != md5sum:
        raise DownloadError('The MD5 sum of the downloaded file is incorrect.\n'
                            + '  download: {}\n'.format(sig.hexdigest())
                            + '  expected: {}\n'.format(md5sum))

    return fname
Download a file and verify the MD5 sum.

    Args:
        url (str): The URL to download.
        md5sum (str): The expected MD5 sum.
        fname (Optional[str]): The filename to store the downloaded file in.
            If `None`, infer the filename from the URL. Defaults to `None`.
        chunk_size (Optional[int]): Process in chunks of this size (in Bytes).
            Defaults to 1024.
        clobber (Optional[bool]): If `True`, any existing, identical file will
            be overwritten. If `False`, the MD5 sum of any existing file with
            the destination filename will be checked. If the MD5 sum does not
            match, the existing file will be overwritten. Defaults to `False`.
        verbose (Optional[bool]): If `True` (the default), then a progress bar
            will be shownd during downloads.

    Returns:
        The filename the URL was downloaded to.

    Raises:
        DownloadError: The MD5 sum of the downloaded file does not match
            `md5sum`.
        requests.exceptions.HTTPError: There was a problem connecting to the
            URL.