text: "get_remote_file"
  
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  import os
  import sys
  
  
  def get_remote_file(filename, verbose=True):
      """
      INPUT:
  
      - ``filename`` -- the URL of a file on the web, e.g.,
        ``"http://modular.math.washington.edu/myfile.txt"``
  
      - ``verbose`` -- whether to display download status
  
      OUTPUT:
  
      creates a file in the temp directory and returns the absolute path
      to that file.
  
      EXAMPLES::
  
          sage: url = 'http://www.sagemath.org/files/loadtest.py'
          sage: g = get_remote_file(url, verbose=False)      # optional - internet
          sage: with open(g) as f: print(f.read())           # optional - internet
          print("hi from the net")
          <BLANKLINE>
          print(2+3)
  
      """
      if verbose:
          print("Attempting to load remote file: " + filename)
  
      from sage.misc.temporary_file import tmp_filename
      temp_name = tmp_filename() + '.' + os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]
      # IMPORTANT -- urllib takes a long time to load,
      # so do not import it in the module scope.
  
      # import compatible with py2 and py3
      from six.moves.urllib.request import Request, urlopen
      req = Request(filename, headers={"User-Agent":"sage-doctest"})
  
      if verbose:
          print("Loading started")
  
      content = urlopen(req, timeout=1)
      with open(temp_name, 'w') as f:
          f.write(content.read())
  
      if verbose:
          print("Loading ended")
  
      return temp_name
  
  