Properly download from github using wget and curl

gistfile1.sh

wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1
# --no-check-cerftificate was necessary for me to have wget not puke about https
curl -LJO https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

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Work! Amazing

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Thx!

For people who like the long, more understandable form of curl options to be used in scripts:

• -L → --location
• -J → --remote-header-name
• -O → --remote-name

curl --location --remote-header-name --remote-name https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

Don't know why --remote-header-name is required. It works fine only with --location & --remote-name

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

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None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

This likely means your URL is invalid (the file isn't on the server)

-J, --remote-header-name

(HTTP) This option tells the -O, --remote-name option to use the server-specified Content-Disposition filename instead of extracting a filename from the URL.

If the server specifies a file name and a file with that name already exists in the current working directory it will not be overwritten and an error will occur. If the server doesn't specify a file name then this option has no effect.

There's no attempt to decode %-sequences (yet) in the provided file name, so this option may provide you with rather unexpected file names.

WARNING: Exercise judicious use of this option, especially on Windows. A rogue server could send you the name of a DLL or other file that could possibly be loaded automatically by Windows or some third party software.

Source: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-J

Generally, one shouldn't blindly use command options without knowing what they do.

TQ

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None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

I think you are trying to clone the private repo. To download private repo you should use a token.

TQ

Thanks

When I download with this way from github. I get xml file with some metadata, It does not download the actual file.
How to download the actual file ?

When I download with this way from github. I get xml file with some metadata, It does not download the actual file.
How to download the actual file ?

@prasadkudav,
You need to download the raw file which is kept at the domain raw.githubusercontent.com.
So a URL like this:
https://github.com/apolopena/gitpod-laravel8-starter/blob/main/README.md
Would need to be curled from here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apolopena/gitpod-laravel8-starter/main/README.md

thank you!

@jwebcat what about a private repo? How do you pass the token?

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it doesn't work with me, i tried: wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1
Said Unable to establish SSL connection.

Thanks

thx!

Works solves my server upgrade

What about http connections

Thanks, it worked as a magic!

In a Dockerfile, you can use ADD to download from any source. it's helpful when your image doesn't have curl or wget, or if you can't use https.

Example:

ADD https://github.com/just-containers/s6-overlay/releases/download/v3.1.0.0/s6-overlay-noarch-3.1.0.0.tar.xz /tmp
RUN tar -C / -Jxpf /tmp/s6-overlay-noarch-3.1.0.0.tar.xz

Source: https://github.com/just-containers/s6-overlay#using-cmd

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