Curl download file issues

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Comments Follow-Up Questions. So it is treating the username as the host??! Perhaps instead of setting userpwd options you can set the username and password options i. Skip to content. Star New issue. Jump to bottom. Copy link. Thankyou for your response, but now its' not downloading the file with teh content, now its getting the html page of google login in. Looks like you're receiving a redirect. ProgramFOX 5, 11 11 gold badges 43 43 silver badges 50 50 bronze badges.

Jim Jim DeDevelopers Google drive docs require a login to download. You'll need to have the curl script send the username and password and store the cookie that is returned.

DeDevelopers In that case you will need to make the document public. Be warned though it means anyone can download it using the URL. Okay that's not a issue, how can i make the file public any idea? Show 1 more comment. Add this to your script, and you should be fine. Kishor Kishor 1, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. That means, you need to login to google to get what you are looking for.