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You can use the command line tool Wget or a download manager to download your order. Wget provides access to your order from the *nix or OS X terminal, though it is not installed by default on OS X systems. Wget for Windows is also available. See notes below for installing Wget on Windows and OS X systems. Download managers are browser extensions that allow access to the files in your order.

Order retrievals using Wget do not require Earthdata Login because you were logged in when the order was placed.

Download Your Data Using Wget

When the Wget command is executed, it will create a new directory subtree starting in the current directory. You should run the command in the directory location where you would like your data placed.

You should receive an email when you placed your order that contains the order info and link. For example:

Your ORNL DAAC order (Order ID: <order_num>) is ready for download at the following link. 
The file(s) will be available until <expiration_date>.

https://daac.ornl.gov/orders/<opaque_string>/

Copy the https link, and append it to the wget command. For example, using the link above, the wget would look like:

> wget -r -np -nH --reject "index.html*" -e robots=off https://daac.ornl.gov/orders/<opaque_string>/

Example options for Wget

You can supply additional options to control the output location and other behavior.

Option Description
-r, --recursive Recursively get everything in/below this path.
-np, --no-parent Don't ascend to the parent directory. Without this Wget will try to download parent directories and files above the specified path.
NOTE: if your path doesn't end in "/", the "no parent" option will be ignored. MAKE SURE YOUR PATH ENDS IN "/"
-nH, --no-host-directories Disable generation of host-prefixed directories. By default, Wget creates a directory tree starting with 'daac.ornl.gov'. This switch disables that so that the tree will start with the directory below that (which is different for every order).
--reject "index.html*" Prevent multiple index.html* files from appearing in results.
-e robots=off Prevent "robots.txt" from appearing in the results.

See man wget or wget --help for more details.

Wget for OS X

Wget is not installed by default on OS X systems. The easiest way to install Wget is to use Homebrew, though other options are available, such as installing Apple's XCode. Multiple different sites have instructions for how to install Wget on an OS X system, such as MakeTechEasier.

Wget for Windows

You can also use Wget for Windows. You will need to download and install it first. Here is one free version: https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/

Download Managers

Each order includes an html page of download links for all the files in the order. If there are a large number of files you can download them quickly using a download manager browser extension such as the Chrono Sniffer feature of Chrono Download Manager for Chrome.

Install the extension according to its instructions. Then point the tool at the download_links.html page in your order.

If you have questions about downloading data, email the ORNL DAAC User Services Office (USO)