https://dev.w3.org/SVG/tools/svgweb/samples/svg-files/tiger.svg from __future__ import print_function import os, sys, time from PyQt4.QtCore import * from PyQt4.QtGui import * from PyQt4.QtSvg import * from PyQt4.QtNetwork import * class Window (QMainWindow) : def __init__ (self) : super (Window, self).__init__ () self.view = QSvgWidget () self.setCentralWidget (self.view) if False : self.view.load ("Downloads/tiger.svg") else : manager = QNetworkAccessManager (self) manager.finished.connect (self.replyFinished) request = QNetworkRequest () request.setUrl (QUrl ("https://dev.w3.org/SVG/tools/svgweb/samples/svg-files/tiger.svg")) reply = manager.get (request) def replyFinished (self, reply) : print ("replyFinished") answer = reply.readAll () self.view.load (answer) if __name__ == "__main__" : appl = QApplication (sys.argv) win = Window () win.show () appl.exec_ () from __future__ import print_function import os, sys, time from PyQt4.QtCore import * from PyQt4.QtGui import * from PyQt4.QtSvg import * class Window (QMainWindow) : def __init__ (self) : super (Window, self).__init__ () self.view = QSvgWidget () self.setCentralWidget (self.view) self.view.load ("Downloads/tiger.svg") if __name__ == "__main__" : appl = QApplication (sys.argv) win = Window () win.show () appl.exec_ ()