Re: [PLUG] wget options to retrieve file from github

It looks like that zipfile name is sent in the Location: header of the response. Check this out:

$ curl -I https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master 2>/dev/null |grep Location:

Location: https://codeload.github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/legacy.zip/master

If that zipfile name is in the same location in every response (is it?), you could grab it like this:

$ curl -I https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master 2>/dev/null |grep Location: |cut -d/ -f6

legacy.zip

Putting it all together:

wget -O `curl -I https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master 2>/dev/null |grep Location: |cut -d/ -f6` https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master

-- Doug

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> wrote:

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Does anyone know if there is a way to use wget to download a file and
have it use the actual file name instead of the part after the last
slash? For example, this URL:

https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master

I know that I can use -O filename.zip to rename the download file
but I have no idea what the file should be named (other than maybe
"superfish".) I can guess it's a zip file from the URL element
"zipball".

When I do this:

wget --spider https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master

Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
- --2013-06-11 10:36:22-- https://github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/zipball/master
Resolving github.com... 204.232.175.90
Connecting to github.com|204.232.175.90|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/legacy.zip/master [following]
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
- --2013-06-11 10:36:22-- https://codeload.github.com/mehrpadin/Superfish-for-Drupal/legacy.zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com... 204.232.175.86
Connecting to codeload.github.com|204.232.175.86|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 55979 (55K) [application/zip]
Remote file exists.

...I see that there is a sort-of actual filename in the URL: legacy.zip

Any hints/tips/tricks/cheat codes/insights would be appreciated,

Oops, stumbled upon this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cliget/

Very clever program - I think I'll use it even if I have to switch back
to FireFox sometimes.

Eric
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