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yaz-url [-C certfname] [-e | --check-cert] [-H name:value] [-m method] [-O fname] [-p fname] [-R num] [-u user/password] [-v] [-x proxy] [url...]

yaz-url is utility to get web content​. It is very limited in functionality compared to programs such as curl, wget​.

The options must precede the URL given on the command line, to take effect​.

Fetched HTTP content is written to stdout, unless option -O is given​.

-C certfname

Specifies a PEM file containing the client certificate and private key​. Alternatively, specify certificate-file,key-file when they are separate​.

-e | --check-cert

Makes yaz-url verify the server certificate and hostname when fetching HTTPS URLs​.

-H name:value

Specifies HTTP header content with name and value​. This option can be given multiple times​.

-m method

Specifies the HTTP method to be used for the next URL​. Default is method "GET"​. However, option -p sets it to "POST"​.

-O fname

Sets output filename for HTTP content​.

-p fname

Sets a file to be POSTed in the following URL​.

-R num

Sets maximum number of HTTP redirects to be followed​. A value of zero disables follow of HTTP redirects​.

-u user/password

Specifies a user and a password to be used in HTTP basic authentication in the following URL fetch​. The user and password must be separated by a slash (thus it is not possible to specify a user with a slash in it)​.

-v

Makes yaz-url dump each HTTP request/response to stdout​.

-x proxy

Specifies a proxy to be used for URL fetch​.

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