datasets_download_using_command_line.md

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title: Downloading datasets using command line
area: datasets
box_type: tip
layout: faq
contributors: [jennaj, beachyesh]

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From the terminal window on your computer, you can use wget or curl.

1. Make sure you have wget or curl installed.

2. Click on the Dataset name, then click on the copy link icon {% icon galaxy-link %}. This is the direct-downloadable dataset link.

3. Once you have the link, use any of the following commands:

   • For wget

   wget '<link>' wget -O '<link>' wget -O --no-check-certificate '<link>' # ignore SSL certificate warnings wget -c '<link>' # continue an interrupted download

   • For curl

   curl -o outfile '<link>' curl -o outfile --insecure '<link>' # ignore SSL certificate warnings curl -C - -o outfile '<link>' # continue an interrupted download

4. For dataset collections and datasets within collections you have to supply your [API key]({% link faqs/galaxy/preferences_admin_api_key.md %}) with the request

   • Sample commands for wget and curl respectively are:

   wget https://usegalaxy.org/api/dataset_collections/d20ad3e1ccd4595de/download?key=MYSECRETAPIKEY curl -o myfile.txt https://usegalaxy.org/api/dataset_collections/d20ad3e1ccd4595de/download?key=MYSECRETAPIKEY