downloading a web page with telnet
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I am trying to download a web page with telnet. I used to do this back in around 1998, and it worked. I tried this at the command line on Windows 11: telnet www.example.com 80 Then I typed "GET /" and hit enter twice. However, it returns a 404 instead of the web site. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
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I am trying to download a web page with telnet. I used to do this back in around 1998, and it worked. I tried this at the command line on Windows 11: telnet www.example.com 80 Then I typed "GET /" and hit enter twice. However, it returns a 404 instead of the web site. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
mike7411 wrote:
Anyone know what's wrong?
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I am trying to download a web page with telnet. I used to do this back in around 1998, and it worked. I tried this at the command line on Windows 11: telnet www.example.com 80 Then I typed "GET /" and hit enter twice. However, it returns a 404 instead of the web site. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
mike7411 wrote:
Anyone know what's wrong?
You're using the wrong tool. Try [GNU Wget 1.21.4 for Windows](https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/) instead e.g. wget --output-file=example.com www.example.com assuming, of course that you're not prevented from adding software to your system You might also try [curl shipped by Microsoft](https://curl.se/windows/microsoft.html), but that processes the HTML. There might be a flag to give you the raw text, but I didn't see one in a brief perusal of the man page. Bonus: both handle HTTPS negotiations, so that might make up your mind, right there.
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I am trying to download a web page with telnet. I used to do this back in around 1998, and it worked. I tried this at the command line on Windows 11: telnet www.example.com 80 Then I typed "GET /" and hit enter twice. However, it returns a 404 instead of the web site. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
They dropped support for obsolete HTTP versions and your request isn't valid HTTP/1.1. Try:
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com -
I am trying to download a web page with telnet. I used to do this back in around 1998, and it worked. I tried this at the command line on Windows 11: telnet www.example.com 80 Then I typed "GET /" and hit enter twice. However, it returns a 404 instead of the web site. Anyone know what's wrong? Thanks.
You need a host header GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com
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