"Unsupported scheme" when using https:// resources with wget

[TenLeftFingers]

I regularly use wget to download files from aminet over http.

Today I tried to get a text file from https://freeshell.de/i/cinnmhara.txt and got the above error.

GNU wgt 1.10.1 bundled with roadshow 1.14.

AmiSSL v5

Is there a workaround for this?

[olsen]

I regularly use wget to download files from aminet over http.

Today I tried to get a text file from https://freeshell.de/i/cinnmhara.txt and got the above error.

GNU wgt 1.10.1 bundled with roadshow 1.14.

AmiSSL v5

Is there a workaround for this?

No, the "wget" command is restricted to plain ftp and http access. Adding AmiSSL support is tricky (we now have the fifth iteration of AmiSSL, which is by design not even downwards-compatible to older secure protocols) and adds a burden to the entire package. The "wget" command is some 260 KBytes in size (which is large for an Amiga program) but with (as yet unimplemented) TLS/SSL support enabled would pull in an additional 5.5 MBytes just for the libraries involved. The combined size of this is larger than the old AWeb-II web browser.

I have yet to figure out to make TLS/SSL support work because of the memory requirements involved. How can this work well enough on a machine with less than 8 MBytes of RAM (that would be an A500+ or an A600)? If Roadshow should ship with TLS/SSL support in the "wget" command, then it should work out of the box or, if this is not feasible, provide an explanation of why the circumstances do not allow for it.

For now the "wget" command is restricted to plain ftp and http access because, at the very least, it allows you to download better versions of the "wget" and "ftp" commands which ship with Roadshow from Aminet.

[TenLeftFingers]

Cool. Thanks Olsen. That makes sense.

If you know of an existing binary, or other CLI method with SSL support I’m open to suggestions. I’ve tried every curl build I could find but they crash my machine.

[olsen]

Cool. Thanks Olsen. That makes sense.

If you know of an existing binary, or other CLI method with SSL support I’m open to suggestions. I’ve tried every curl build I could find but they crash my machine.

Well, never say never: it is possible to rework the "wget" command which ships with Roadshow so that it may support AmiSSL. It is, however, based upon a very old version of the source code. Effort spent on reworking it to support TLS/SSL might be better spent on a more recent version.

That said, I have not had a closer look at the current state of the "curl" command yet. Could be that makes more sense to port it than the current "wget" command.

[TenLeftFingers]

That said, I have not had a closer look at the current state of the "curl" command yet. Could be that makes more sense to port it than the current "wget" command.

That would be great. So many simple applications could be made to access APIs (eg weather and transport) and RSS feeds.