How to set proxy for wget?

Question

I want to download something with wget using a proxy:

HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080

The proxy does not need username and password.

How can I do this?

score 543 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '18 at 12:03

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For all users of the system via the /etc/wgetrc or for the user only with the ~/.wgetrc file:

use_proxy=yes
http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080
https_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080

or via -e options placed after the URL:

wget ... -e use_proxy=yes -e http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080 ...

edited Oct 18 '18 at 12:03

Azat Ibrakov

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answered Jun 26 '12 at 16:27

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My wget says it must be `use_proxy=on`, not `use_proxy=yes`. Works well otherwise. – barfuin Feb 26 '14 at 12:24
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Checked. It works with wget -e =127.0.0.01:8080 ..., omitting the "use_proxy=yes" command parameter. Thanks! – alejandrob Sep 25 '15 at 15:45
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@Thomas Jensen You are right the [wgetrc-manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Wgetrc-Commands.html) states that it should be `on` or `off`, but actually trying a bogus command: `-e use_proxy=bnw` gives `wget: use_proxy: Invalid boolean ‘bnw’; use 'on' or 'off'.` while `=yes` gives no such error, so it seems to be inofficially allowed. – mxmlnkn Oct 23 '16 at 19:23
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`http_proxy=http://:@127.0.01:8080` and likewise. otherwise you might have to feed these explicitly while calling the wget (refer - https://askubuntu.com/a/429943/350255) – parasrish May 09 '18 at 05:34
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How do I turn it off? – Trect Jul 26 '18 at 07:43
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@Tessaracter : `wget --no-proxy` – Patrice M. Oct 07 '19 at 22:12

shivshnkr · Answer 2 · 2013-10-06T17:01:00.340

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Type in command line :

$ export http_proxy=http://proxy_host:proxy_port

for authenticated proxy,

$ export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port

and then run

$ wget fileurl

for https, just use https_proxy instead of http_proxy. You could also put these lines in your ~/.bashrc file so that you don't need to execute this everytime.

edited Oct 06 '13 at 17:01

answered Sep 10 '13 at 14:55

shivshnkr

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How to remove the proxy – Trect Jul 26 '18 at 07:42
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$ unset http_proxy – shivshnkr Jul 31 '18 at 05:23
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experimentally found that needed to use lower case, not upper case `$ wget --version GNU Wget 1.14 built on linux-gnu. +digest +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file +nls +ntlm +opie +ssl/openssl` – Trent Apr 09 '21 at 03:02

score 45 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 16:26

the following possible configs are located in /etc/wgetrc just uncomment and use...

# You can set the default proxies for Wget to use for http, https, and ftp.
# They will override the value in the environment.
#https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/

# If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off.
#use_proxy = on

score 22 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '13 at 02:24

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wget uses environment variables somthing like this at command line can work:

export http_proxy=http://your_ip_proxy:port/
export https_proxy=$http_proxy
export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy
export dns_proxy=$http_proxy
export rsync_proxy=$http_proxy
export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com"

answered Nov 01 '13 at 02:24

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It helped on homebrew too! – Miao1007 Nov 21 '15 at 11:16

score 19 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 31 '17 at 12:34

After trying many tutorials to configure my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS behind a authenticated proxy, it worked with these steps:

Edit /etc/wgetrc:

$ sudo nano /etc/wgetrc

Uncomment these lines:

#https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#use_proxy = on

Change http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/ to http://username:password@domain:port/

IMPORTANT: If it still doesn't work, check if your password has special characters, such as #, @, ... If this is the case, escape them (for example, replace passw@rd with passw%40rd).

score 12 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 13:39

If you need to execute wget just once with the proxy, the easiest way is to do it with a one-liner like this:

http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port wget http://fileurl

or with an https target URL:

https_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port wget https://fileurl

score 10 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 15:54

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In Ubuntu 12.x, I added the following lines in $HOME/.wgetrc

http_proxy = http://uname:passwd@proxy.blah.com:8080

use_proxy = on

answered Jul 15 '16 at 15:54

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Why did you copy (with very slight modifications) the answer of @RahulDas that is nearly two years older than yours ? – jplandrain Aug 23 '23 at 12:34

score 6 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 16:02

In Debian Linux wget can be configured to use a proxy both via environment variables and via wgetrc. In both cases the variable names to be used for HTTP and HTTPS connections are

http_proxy=hostname_or_IP:portNumber
https_proxy=hostname_or_IP:portNumber

Note that the file /etc/wgetrc takes precedence over the environment variables, hence if your system has a proxy configured there and you try to use the environment variables, they would seem to have no effect!

score 5 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 08:54

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In my ubuntu, following lines in $HOME/.wgetrc did the trick!

http_proxy = http://uname:passwd@proxy.blah.com:8080

use_proxy = on

answered Sep 01 '14 at 08:54

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score 5 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 14:16

export http_proxy=http://proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://proxy_host:proxy_port/

or

export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/

As all others explained here, these environment variable helps to pass on proxies.

Note: But please not that if the password contains any special character then that needs to be configured as %<hex_value_of_special_char>.

Example: If the password is pass#123, need to be used as pass%23123 in above export commands.

Vinoj John Hosan · Answer 11 · 2019-09-26T11:53:31.483

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Add below line(s) in file ~/.wgetrc or /etc/wgetrc (create the file if it is not there):

http_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port]
https_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port]
ftp_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port]

For more information, https://www.thegeekdiary.com/how-to-use-wget-to-download-file-via-proxy/

edited Sep 26 '19 at 11:53

answered Sep 11 '19 at 08:26

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score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:33

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In Windows - for Fiddler say - using environment variables:

set http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8888
set https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8888

answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:33

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score 2 · Answer 13 · answered May 07 '20 at 07:48

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start wget through socks5 proxy using tsocks:

install tsocks: sudo apt install tsocks

config tsocks

# vi /etc/tsocks.conf

server = 127.0.0.1
server_type = 5
server_port = 1080

start: tsocks wget http://url_to_get

answered May 07 '20 at 07:48

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*SOCKS server is not on a local subnet! failed: Connection refused.* – alecxs Jun 30 '21 at 10:38

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