How to download a single file from local BitBucket server using cURL or wget, not cloning the repo

I am trying to download a single file from BitBucket on the linux server. I do have access to the repositories when I try to access it from the web, so it is not permissions issue

I used to be able to use this command

curl --output <output-file-name> -u <userid> 

Now, when I tried to execute it, it just downloads an html page

I also tried the below command using the raw path. This also downloads an html page

curl --output outputfile.txt -u <userId> 

I also tried the wget command - but same output.

What do I need to modify or look at ( or ask help from the linux SA to look at ) to be able to download the single file?

Also, can I download the directory - like configurations above instead of a single file.

Of course, I need to get the download of single file working to be able to go to the next step.

I have searched SO, but these are the commands I found to download a file from BB. Didn't find a solution for what to do when it returns an html file

Thank you

2 Answers

Looks like there's an API path that you can use

curl -u user:pwd 

If nothing else, the API response will be something more usable than the HTML response. API documentation at

Maybe better to use git directly as bitbucket seems to be "trying to prevent" this functionality.

git archive --format=tar
--remote=ssh://remote_server/remote_repository master path1/ path2/ | tar -xv