download Zip file website

[Ijaz Ali]

Hi
I want to download this Zip file from the website. But unable to download from within Stata command line. It's download able in browser but not from Stata Command line. Here is the URL of the file I want to download.

URL= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default...lm_2019_20.zip

[Hemanshu Kumar]

What command are you using in Stata, and what operating system are you on?

[William Lisowski]

This is what I see when I attempt to use the Stata unzipfile command to download the ZIP archive.

. unzipfile "https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//pslm/publications/pslm_2019_20_microdat
> a/stata_data_pslm_2019_20.zip"
ssl handshake error
    javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed:
    sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid
    certification path to requested target
could not open url
r(603);

And the file is also successfully downloaded from a browser.

What version of Stata are you using?

. about

Stata/SE 17.0 for Mac (Apple Silicon)
Revision 13 Oct 2022

[Ijaz Ali]

What command are you using in Stata, and what operating system are you on?

I am using Windows 10. And I used these commands

. cd "C:\Users\Ijaz Ali\Desktop"
C:\Users\Ijaz Ali\Desktop

. copy https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//pslm/publications/pslm_2019_20_microdata/stata_data_pslm_2019_20.zip stata_data_pslm_2019_20.zip
ssl handshake error
    javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid
    certification path to requested target
r(603);

[William Lisowski]

At the following earlier topic, Stata Technical Services discusses two possible sources for the problem.

https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...-error-message

[Ijaz Ali]

I want to download the zip file directly using Stata command.

My Stata version:

 
. about

Stata/MP 17.0 for Windows (64-bit x86-64)

[Ijaz Ali]

At the following earlier topic, Stata Technical Services discusses two possible sources for the problem.

https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...-error-message

Thanks William Lisowski. After following the link you mentioned I tried the following and now I successfully downloaded the file.

. set sslrelax on
Using set sslrelax on disables SSL certificate authentication.
THIS SETTING SHOULD BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

[William Lisowski]

Thanks for letting us know what worked, and I'm glad it was the easy answer and not having to deal with a VPN. Before writing post #3 I'd searched the Statalist archives, but didn't choose a good search phrase, apparently, since a later search was successful and led to post #5. I'm for sure going to bookmark that discussion.

[Leonardo Guizzetti]

It would be advisable to re-enable normal SSL checks after your download for security purposes.

[Ijaz Ali]

It would be advisable to re-enable normal SSL checks after your download for security purposes.

Thanks for the valuable suggestion. I have now re-enable it.

. set sslrelax off
normal SSL certificate authentication has been reenabled.