# \#download

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## [Downloads.download or run(\`wget\`) much slower than direct \`wget\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-or-run-wget-much-slower-than-direct-wget/133501)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-or-run-wget-much-slower-than-direct-wget/133501 "2025-10-29T16:31:47Z")

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I am trying to download a relativelly large dataset from Zenodo (6GB), and if I use Downloads.download or run(wget) in a Julia v1.12 session, it takes 2h, while if I directly use wget in a console it takes 16 minutes. I…

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## [Downloads.download() error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-error/131408)

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**Author:** [@tomtom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomtom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-error/131408 "2025-08-07T18:19:39Z")

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import Downloads Downloads.download("https://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/stat/smstat/dayquot/d250806e.htm") produces the error: ERROR: RequestError: HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL\_ERROR (err 2) while requesti…

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## [Pkg: Some registries failed to update: and Operation too slow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-some-registries-failed-to-update-and-operation-too-slow/127363)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-some-registries-failed-to-update-and-operation-too-slow/127363 "2025-03-25T17:53:04Z")

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I was trying to update my packages in the REPL and was having the download of the General registry fail with an error that the data rate was too slow (less than 1 byte per 20 seconds). Here is a session in the pkg mod…

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## [Cases for using Downloads.Downloader()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cases-for-using-downloads-downloader/120806)

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**Author:** [@Ju\_ska](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ju_ska)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cases-for-using-downloads-downloader/120806 "2024-10-02T09:31:26Z")

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Hi, from Downloads · The Julia Language I wonder what are the benefits of using downloader = Downloads.Downloader() apart having more options. For instance, would it be useful if I download multiple files from the sa…

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## [Failure to download artifacts: cannot add/update some packages!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-download-artifacts-cannot-add-update-some-packages/119248)

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**Author:** [@Livio](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Livio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-download-artifacts-cannot-add-update-some-packages/119248 "2024-09-12T19:11:29Z")

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The problem: I run ENV\["JULIA\_DEBUG"\] = "all" # detailed debug info import Pkg Pkg.add("HTTP") but fail to install HTTP because I can’t download the artifact OpenSSL (stacktrace below). Additional info: Julia version…

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## [\[ANN\] Announcing YFinance.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-yfinance-jl/117962)

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**Author:** [@EOhneberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/EOhneberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-yfinance-jl/117962 "2024-08-08T17:04:09Z")

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Hi, although this is not a new package I have never formally announced it. So here it goes: YFinance.jl was inspired by the yfinance python package but works much more similar to yahooquery from python - rather than imi…

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## [Strange things trying to add \`Downloads\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-things-trying-to-add-downloads/115112)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-things-trying-to-add-downloads/115112 "2024-06-03T10:31:20Z")

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I am having some “strange” behaviours, that I can’t reproduce in a consistent matter, while trying to install the Download module in a package, so I am asking if this is the suggested way to add download functionality in…

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## [How to increase low speed timeout in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-increase-low-speed-timeout-in-julia/108894)

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**Author:** [@ANANDHU\_SURESH\_B14ME](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ANANDHU_SURESH_B14ME)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-increase-low-speed-timeout-in-julia/108894 "2024-03-13T07:45:00Z")

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I am using a corporate laptop with mcafee client proxy and mcafee DLP endpoint agent. I am getting a timeout error while trying to add packages. I had similiar issue in python while downloading large packages with conda,…

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## [Safety Download files](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/safety-download-files/108233)

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**Author:** [@CeterisPartybus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CeterisPartybus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/safety-download-files/108233 "2024-01-02T16:19:41Z")

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This might be a stupid question as I am not a network/security guy. I am thinking about implementing a feature in a package I develop that downloads a file from an external server. Should safety be a concern here? Spec…

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## [Downloads.download (in PlotlyLight) failing for github plotly.js repository](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-in-plotlylight-failing-for-github-plotly-js-repository/106226)

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**Author:** [@Titas22](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Titas22)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-in-plotlylight-failing-for-github-plotly-js-repository/106226 "2023-11-24T15:42:50Z")

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Hi, I’m having issues with using PlotlyLight.jl and tracked down the issue to the following call: Downloads.download("https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/releases/latest") I end up getting the following error: julia\>…

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## [Julia script for datamining timeseries from Yahoo Finance](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-script-for-datamining-timeseries-from-yahoo-finance/105177)

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**Author:** [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-script-for-datamining-timeseries-from-yahoo-finance/105177 "2023-10-19T11:32:34Z")

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Hey guys, some students of mine are working on applying timeseries analysis tools (from JuliaDynamics) to stock market timeseries. I am wondering if anyone has an already made Julia script for downloading (e.g.,) SnP500 …

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## [Changing the headers in Base.download to simulate Chrome usage](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-headers-in-base-download-to-simulate-chrome-usage/97744)

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**Author:** [@fipelle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fipelle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-headers-in-base-download-to-simulate-chrome-usage/97744 "2023-04-21T15:22:46Z")

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Hi, How do you use specifics headers in Base.download to simulate Chrome usage? I have found this curl example and I have tried to replicate it with the latest Chrome user-agent for Linux. However, when trying to speci…

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## [Download with password (digression)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/download-with-password-digression/93783)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/download-with-password-digression/93783 "2023-01-30T15:51:04Z")

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I took a look at the docs and (passwords and) .netrc is undocumented (maybe for good reasons… is it clearly supported, I would want its support removed, i.e. curl, is it claimed to be supported, or just an implementation…

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## [Problems with the Sentinel.jl package of Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-the-sentinel-jl-package-of-julia/89815)

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**Author:** [@humbleclaw](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/humbleclaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-with-the-sentinel-jl-package-of-julia/89815 "2022-11-05T14:15:26Z")

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Following the example given in the README of the github repository of this package (https://github.com/mhudecheck/Sentinel.jl), the saveList() function creates the /.img\_cache folder but then it prints a “false” value, b…

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## [Automating download of a fetch api in a website](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-download-of-a-fetch-api-in-a-website/86380)

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**Author:** [@tom-plaa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tom-plaa)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-download-of-a-fetch-api-in-a-website/86380 "2022-08-29T13:16:55Z")

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I’m trying to automate a procedure in a Julia script which is equivalent to going on this page: https://mercado.ren.pt/EN/Electr/MarketInfo/MarketResults/OMIE/Pages/Prices.aspx and downloading a .xls file for the day, …

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## [Downloads.download: ERROR: Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-error-operation-too-slow-less-than-1-bytes-sec-transferred/80027)

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**Author:** [@j\_u](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_u)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloads-download-error-operation-too-slow-less-than-1-bytes-sec-transferred/80027 "2022-05-02T12:54:40Z")

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On Julia 1.6.6 I am constantly getting following ERROR at various stages (sometimes after ~500, sometimes after ~1500 files being downloaded) when trying to download a few thousand files: ERROR: Operation too slow. Less…