Genini requests with ncat

[Julien Blanchard]

On 22/09/2020 17:18, James Henderson wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to make gemini requests with ncat and have hit a bit of a 
> stumbling block that I am not sure how to solve so was wondering if 
> anyone here knew what was going on.
> 
> If i make a request as such:
> 
> echo -e ?gemini://gemini.conman.org\r\n? | ncat ?ssl ?gemini.conman.org? 
>  >page.out
> 
> I get the expected index page from gemini.conman.org printed into a file.
> 
> However if i try the same with
> 
> echo -e ?gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space\r\n? | ncat ?ssl 
> ?gemini.circumlunar.space? ?>page.out
> 
> I get a 31 redirect. If i try that redirect address which is the same 
> but with a / on the end of the url then the requests fails Where in 
> would expect the gemini.circumlunar.space home page to be output to a file.
> 
> I feel like there is something obvious I am missing.
> 
> Anyone done this and know whats wrong?

echo -e "gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/\r\n" | ncat --ssl 
"gemini.circumlunar.space" 1965  >page.out
works here, just added the slash and the port.