Using wget to download files from an https source is causing a host is down
error.
$ wget https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
--2018-07-16 20:56:17-- https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
Resolving www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)... 216.58.198.163
Connecting to www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)|216.58.198.163|:443... failed: Host is down.
Retrying.
--2018-07-16 20:56:18-- (try: 2) https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
Connecting to www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)|216.58.198.163|:443... failed: Host is down.
Retrying.
When downloading files via http wget works as expected. I'm also able to download the file via curl
. However, I prefer wget
. As I'm using wget -i
flag to download about 50 different files from a url.txt file.
I've tried downloading the source file via desktop Chrome, and again there's no issue.
wget
is version GNU Wget 1.19.5 built on darwin17.5.0.
and installed via $ brew --version Homebrew 1.6.17 Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision f0ff; last commit 2018-07-15)
. I'd previously run into an issue with pip
and openssl
a while back. Which I've still been unable to fix. So wonder if this might becausing the issue?
Best Answer
It would appear that your issues with
openssl
are indeed the cause. From thewget
manpage: