{
  "id": 2718,
  "title": "How to download the data using wget?",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-closed-questions-on-stack-overflow/discussion/2718",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2012-09-20T01:14:56.777Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 1617,
  "content": "<p>I want to download the data in with some bash alternative like wget, but the url is a redirect, hence I cannot download the files. There is a alternative links or something to use?</p>\r\n<p><strong>Problem Solved:</strong> To download the files we used a text browser ;D</p>",
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    {
      "id": "14614",
      "postDate": "09/20/2012 01:14:56",
      "content": "<p>I want to download the data in with some bash alternative like wget, but the url is a redirect, hence I cannot download the files. There is a alternative links or something to use?</p>\r\n<p><strong>Problem Solved:</strong> To download the files we used a text browser ;D</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "14708",
      "postDate": "09/22/2012 16:20:49",
      "content": "<p>Yeah, I would like to add that downloading data was quite annoying. I had to construct a cookies file for my wget/curl manually, it's really unpleasant. Some of us don't process large data files on our netbooks. My data processing machines are not even in\r\n the same country where I live. Fetching gigabytes of data to my laptop here and then spoonfeeding them via thin DOCSIS link to my servers there -- that would be even worse than editing cookie files.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>So please, kaggle admins/developers, please consider making the data download process somewhat more wget-friendly.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "733438",
      "postDate": "01/31/2020 05:59:18",
      "content": "<ol>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg?hl=en\">cookies.txt</a> extension on chrome and enable it.</li>\n<li>Login to kaggle </li>\n<li>Go to the challenge page that you want the data from</li>\n<li>Click on cookie.txt extension on top right and download the current page's cookie. It will download the cookies in cookies.txt file</li>\n<li>Transfer the file to the machine where you want your data to be downloaded</li>\n<li>Copy the datalink shown on kaggle page (right click and copy link address)</li>\n<li>run 'wget -x --load-cookies cookies.txt '</li>\n</ol>",
      "rawMarkdown": "1. Install [cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg?hl=en) extension on chrome and enable it.\n2. Login to kaggle \n3. Go to the challenge page that you want the data from\n4. Click on cookie.txt extension on top right and download the current page's cookie. It will download the cookies in cookies.txt file\n5. Transfer the file to the machine where you want your data to be downloaded\n6. Copy the datalink shown on kaggle page (right click and copy link address)\n7. run 'wget -x --load-cookies cookies.txt",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 14708,
      "author_name": "jsn1313",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/22/2012 16:20:49",
      "content": "<p>Yeah, I would like to add that downloading data was quite annoying. I had to construct a cookies file for my wget/curl manually, it's really unpleasant. Some of us don't process large data files on our netbooks. My data processing machines are not even in\r\n the same country where I live. Fetching gigabytes of data to my laptop here and then spoonfeeding them via thin DOCSIS link to my servers there -- that would be even worse than editing cookie files.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>So please, kaggle admins/developers, please consider making the data download process somewhat more wget-friendly.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 733438,
      "author_name": "purushotam",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/31/2020 05:59:18",
      "content": "<ol>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg?hl=en\">cookies.txt</a> extension on chrome and enable it.</li>\n<li>Login to kaggle </li>\n<li>Go to the challenge page that you want the data from</li>\n<li>Click on cookie.txt extension on top right and download the current page's cookie. It will download the cookies in cookies.txt file</li>\n<li>Transfer the file to the machine where you want your data to be downloaded</li>\n<li>Copy the datalink shown on kaggle page (right click and copy link address)</li>\n<li>run 'wget -x --load-cookies cookies.txt '</li>\n</ol>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "733438": "1. Install [cookies.txt](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg?hl=en) extension on chrome and enable it.\n2. Login to kaggle \n3. Go to the challenge page that you want the data from\n4. Click on cookie.txt extension on top right and download the current page's cookie. It will download the cookies in cookies.txt file\n5. Transfer the file to the machine where you want your data to be downloaded\n6. Copy the datalink shown on kaggle page (right click and copy link address)\n7. run 'wget -x --load-cookies cookies.txt"
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