Create a copy of an image - python

Question

I'm trying to read data from an image file and writing it to a new file - to make a copy.

Here is my code to read the data of the original image and to write every byte to the new image:

file = open("image2.png", "w")
with open("image.png", "rb") as f:
    while True:
        byte = f.read(1)
        if not byte:
            break
        file.write(byte)

Now, it does create a new file named "image2.png" but when I try to open it I get an error that says the image has been corrupted or damaged.

How can I read the data of an image and writing it to a new file?

Solution

Using shutil:

import shutil
shutil.copy("image.png","image2.png")

Or as you have it:

file = open("image2.png", "wb")
with open("image.png", "rb") as f:
    while True:
        byte = f.read(1)
        if not byte:
            break
        file.write(byte[0])