title: How to show images from a url
body: <p>I am trying to manipulate images using <code>cv2</code>. The images are in url form. When I try to run a <code>cv2.imshow()</code> function, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>error: (-215) size.width&gt;0 &amp;&amp; size.height&gt;0 in function cv::imshow
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is some sample code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>im = cv2.imread('https://mp-media.reebonz.com/images/p-9a/reebonz-31-phillip-
  lim--ladies-bag-31-phillip-lim-1-9ad505f2-03fa-41c1-97dd-
  63c6695f89fa.jpg;mode=pad;bgcolor=fff;404=404.jpg')
  cv2.imshow('image', im)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How would I get the images to show? Would I have to download each image locally before manipulating?</p>