These wget recipes show you how to access resources that require basic HTTP authentication. To do that, use the --user and --password options.
Download a Protected File
wget --user=bob --password=12345 https://example.com/secret.zip
This recipe uses --user and --password to authenticate with the server before downloading. These values are sent in the Authorization HTTP header using basic authentication.
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