Private repo wget download not working why?

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we try to download like below but not working

wget https://hf_username:hf_token@huggingface.co/hf_username/V33/resolve/main/SINGLE_VUC-000001.safetensors

when opened from browser it works - a browser where account is logged in

why could it be?

we are getting

Resolving huggingface.co (huggingface.co)... 13.32.110.77, 13.32.110.109, 13.32.110.28, ...
Connecting to huggingface.co (huggingface.co)|13.32.110.77|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
Authentication selected: Bearer realm="Authentication required", charset="UTF-8"
Reusing existing connection to huggingface.co:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized

Username/Password Authentication Failed.
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I encountered the same problem, I also received such error when downloading llama2. But I got an email telling me I was logged into huggingface.
Will you let me know if you find a solution?

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i couldn’t find a direct solution

but i found another way shared here : https://twitter.com/GozukaraFurkan/status/1704987722920669421

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The 401 Unauthorized error indicates that the URL requires authentication. You need to provide your Hugging Face credentials (API token) to access the file. You can use wget with an authorization header to include your Hugging Face API token. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Obtain your Hugging Face API token from your account settings on the Hugging Face website.
  2. Use the wget command with the --header option to include your token:

wget --header=“Authorization: Bearer YOUR_HUGGING_FACE_API_TOKEN” https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3-medium/resolve/main/sd3_medium_incl_clips_t5xxlfp8.safetensors
Replace YOUR_HUGGING_FACE_API_TOKEN with your actual Hugging Face API token.
Make sure to keep your API token secure and do not expose it in public repositories or logs.

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Just in case anyone is still coming here like I did and is confused because even when using the afore mentioned API header method, your command is now returning 403 Forbidden:

Make sure you give the API token access to your repositories.

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thanks, it worked
you only need to change the “” characters into simple double quotes or it will give an error

wget --header=“Authorization: Bearer YOUR_HUGGING_FACE_API_TOKEN”

copy the above and it works

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One could add this to their bashrc, like I did, to simpliy things up:

hfget() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Error: URL argument is required."
    echo "Usage: hfget <URL>"
    return 1
  fi
  
  if [ -z "$HF_TOKEN" ]; then
    echo "Error: HF_TOKEN environment variable is not set."
    return 1
  fi
  
  local url="$1"
  local filename=$(basename "$url")
  
  echo "Downloading $filename from Hugging Face..."
  wget --header="Authorization: Bearer $HF_TOKEN" "$url" -O "$filename"
  
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Successfully downloaded $filename"
  else
    echo "Failed to download $filename"
  fi
}

You should have an export HF_TOKEN in the same file for this to work.

So then you can just call hfget http://url...

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