Download a json string web url to file - bash script

Question

I want to download the content from the following link to a file .

I tried using wget and curl commands , the file has downloaded data but is not in readable format or json string.

command I have used is :

    wget -O ~/ks/json.txt "http://api.geonames.org/postalCodeLookupJSON?postalcode=6600&country=AT&username=demo"

I want the output file to contain data in json format itself as shown in the link.

EDIT

I used Vi editor to read the output , below is the sample i got as output :

^_<8b>^H^@^@^@^@^@^D^@Õ[^?wÚ8³þ*ºì<9e>¾d^Wÿ¶1Ð$û¦MÚdÛ$½MÚÝ¾KO<8e>°^E(16kË¡´§÷³ß^YÉ^F^C&%ÙûÏÍÙ-F<9e>^Y<8d>¤<99>G3#ñÁ^E<9b>d<8d>Þ_ß^Z<82><8e>ð¡1¦a<92>L^[Æ<84>NS^Væ^A<83>ç9MãÆçV#<99>Å,mô¾5R6Í^E^U<<89>^[=Ûi5ò<8c>¥7<lô^\ÏqÝvÙ"æSÖè^Aõ<88>g<82><81>8<90>E<83><80>MÅMJ^E¼ò;Æ4M<86><b7|BGH=^Vb<9a>õ^Lc6<9b>é£<94>ÞSAS=H&<86>z4ÂÐ´¼6^[ºf7^XZagà<87>~×¶CÚa<8e>^[Ø<83>ß²^CËî<^K^OxÈbÁ<83>$~<96>^^¼{ýlx`A÷!Ï¦^Q<9d>ßÄt<82><9d>½&oR<9e><8d>cJ®èdJÅ^XH"^^ß^Uz<80>^Z<99> Á]rÏÒa<94>Ì¤^^8´Ì(Fj<8c>´;%AË

It is working for me. I am using vi editor. Which editor u used to open the file. — manish
– manish, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 8:00
I used VI itself but still , the output im getting I have added in question. — K S Nidhin
– K S Nidhin, Commented Jan 14, 2015 at 7:04
I think encoding settings of your vi editor is not correct. Check this may be helpful stackoverflow.com/questions/1174847/… — manish
– manish, Commented Jan 14, 2015 at 9:45

Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 07:52:55Z

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$ curl -X GET "http://api.geonames.org/postalCodeLookupJSON?postalcode=6600&country=AT&username=demo" > out.json

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 7:52

Alexander

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K S Nidhin Over a year ago

Dint help , The output is not in a readable format , I update the question with the output.

Jamie W · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 07:47:28Z

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Using curl the payload is saved and readable by a JSON parser (node in my case)

curl "http://api.geonames.org/postalCodeLookupJSON?postalcode=6600&country=AT&username=demo" > file.json

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 7:47

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