[SOLVED] Can I download a file from JSON request using only wget (without curl)?

Can I download a file from JSON request using only wget (without curl)?

I am trying to download the latest just binary file and I am able to do it with the following line of code in bash:

wget -q $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/casey/just/releases/latest | python -c 'import json,sys;print(json.load(sys.stdin)["assets"][-1]["browser_download_url"])')

This works, but I am using curl and wget together which I feel looks wrong. Is there a way to do this with just wget?

Solution

wget URL is the mostly the same as curl -O URL.

curl is mostly the same as wget -o- URL.

But since you are already using python, why not initiate the HTTP request directly from python?

Or instead of using python, use jq to extract the relevant bits from the JSON:

curl -O "$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/casey/just/releases/latest |
               jq -r '.assets|last|.browser_download_url')"