What is the correct wget command syntax for HTTPS with username and password

Question

I would like to download a file remotely with this URL using wget   https   test mydomain com files myfile zip   The site test mydomain com requires a login  I would like to download that file in my another server using this command but it does not work  does not completely download the file    wget --user myusername --password mypassword https   test mydomain com files myfile zip   If my username is myusername and password is mypassword what would be the correct wget syntax   The following are the return messages after I type the above command   Resolving test mydomain com  test mydomain com     123 456 789 Connecting to test mydomain com  test mydomain com  123 456 789  443    connected  HTTP request sent  awaiting response    302 Found Location  https   test mydomain com login unauthorized  following  --2013-01-30 02 01 32--  https   test mydomain com login unauthorized Reusing existing connection to test mydomain com 443  HTTP request sent  awaiting response    302 Found Location  https   test mydomain com login  following  --2013-01-30 02 01 32--  https   test mydomain com login Reusing existing connection to test mydomain com 443  HTTP request sent  awaiting response    200 OK Length  unspecified  text html  Saving to   myfile zip    Am I missing something  Please help  Thanks

User · Accepted Answer

By specifying the option --user and --ask-password wget will ask for the credentials  Below is an example  Change the username and download link to your needs   wget --user username --ask-password https   xyz com changelog-6 40 txt

User · Answer

I have found that  wget does not properly authenticate with some servers  perhaps because it is only HTTP 1 0 compliant  In such cases  curl  which is HTTP 1 1 compliant  usually does the trick   curl -o  lt filename-to-save-as gt  -u  lt username gt   lt password gt   lt url gt

User · Answer

It s not that your file is partially downloaded  It fails authentication and hence downloads e g  index html  but it names it myfile zip  since this is what you want to download    I followed the link suggested by  thomasbabuj and figured it out eventually   You should try adding --auth-no-challenge and as  thomasbabuj suggested replace your password entry  I e  wget --auth-no-challenge --user myusername --ask-password https   test mydomain com files myfile zip

User · Answer

You could try the same address with HTTP instead of HTTPS  Be aware that this does use HTTP instead of HTTPS and only some sites might support this method  Example address  https   cdimage debian org debian-cd current amd64 iso-cd debian-10 3 0-amd64-netinst iso wget http   cdimage debian org debian-cd current amd64 iso-cd debian-10 3 0-amd64-netinst iso  notice the http    instead of https     This is probably not recommended though    If you can  try use curl   EDIT  FYI an example with username  and prompt for password  would be  curl --user  USERNAME -O http   cdimage debian org debian-cd current amd64 iso-cd debian-10 3 0-amd64-netinst iso Where -O is  -O  --remote-name               Write output to a local file named like the remote file we get   Only the file part of the remote file is used  the path is cut off

[wget] What is the correct wget command syntax for HTTPS with username and password?

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