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.

Answer 1

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