# Download a url (with a password)

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**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/download-a-url-with-a-password/93669 "2023-01-27T23:07:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/download-a-url-with-a-password/93669/3 "2023-01-28T02:38:00Z")

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Better to use Downloads which is a standard library. Something like

```julia
using Downloads: download
file = download(url)

```

You can create a [`~/.netrc` file](https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/html_node/The-_002enetrc-file.html) with a username and password. You can also put the username and password in the URL.

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