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Fetch data from URLs. Use when asked to download content, fetch remote files, or read web data.

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Wget URL Reader

Overview

Fetches content from URLs using wget command-line tool. Supports downloading files, reading web pages, and retrieving API responses.

Instructions

  1. When user provides a URL to read or fetch:

    • Validate the URL format
    • Use wget with appropriate flags based on content type

  2. For reading content to stdout (display):

    wget -qO- "<URL>"

  3. For downloading files:

    wget -O "<filename>" "<URL>"

  4. For JSON API responses:

    wget -qO- --header="Accept: application/json" "<URL>"

  5. Common wget flags:

    • -q: Quiet mode (no progress output)
    • -O-: Output to stdout
    • -O <file>: Output to specific file
    • --header: Add custom HTTP header
    • --timeout=<seconds>: Set timeout
    • --tries=<n>: Number of retries
    • --user-agent=<agent>: Set user agent

Examples

Example: Read webpage content

Input: "Read the content from https://example.com" Command:

wget -qO- "https://example.com"

Example: Download a file

Input: "Download the file from https://example.com/data.json" Command:

wget -O "data.json" "https://example.com/data.json"

Example: Fetch API with headers

Input: "Fetch JSON from https://api.example.com/data" Command:

wget -qO- --header="Accept: application/json" "https://api.example.com/data"

Example: Download with timeout and retries

Input: "Download with 30 second timeout" Command:

wget --timeout=30 --tries=3 -O "output.txt" "<URL>"

Guidelines

  • Always quote URLs to handle special characters
  • Use -q flag to suppress progress bars in scripts
  • For large files, consider adding --show-progress for user feedback
  • Respect robots.txt and rate limits when fetching multiple URLs
  • Use --no-check-certificate only when necessary (self-signed certs)
  • For authentication, use --user and --password or --header="Authorization: Bearer <token>"