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[Linux/browser] Can I extract a session token/cookie to use with wget or curl? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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A cloud provider's web GUI eats all my RAM when downloading big files. I would like to download the files using wget or curl instead, but I assume I'm going to need some cookie or token in the argument URL that authenticates the request?

Is there any browser add-on or other means to extract said information so that I can copy paste it into the terminal?

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Depending on how they are downloading to your computer you may not have a single URL to download a file, which will increase the effort to do this from curl/wget. Given you are complaining about RAM usage they might have a custom multi-part downloader and assemble the file within the browser's logic. I've seen this on sites like MegaUpload before.

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