How do I map the largest files\folders in Artifactory

It's often hard to map the most storage heavy parts in my mvn repo.

I suspect that most of my space is occupied by unnecessary artifacts or snapshots.

How can I retrieve a sorted list (from large to small) of all the folders in Artifactory (Maven repo)?

I've looked at Jfrog api and cli guides but was unable to find straightforward answer.

Solution

You can use Artifactory's AQL to get what you're after. for example, get all Items in a repository, that where created over 30 days ago, sorted by descending Size (disk space):

    items.find(
{
            "repo":"my-local-repo",
            "$or":[
                {
                    "$and":[
                     {
                        "created":{"$before":"30d"}
                     }
                            ]
                }
                ]
    }
).sort({"$desc" : ["size"]})

You can use Artifactory's REST api to send your AQL query. You can read more about AQL here, an "tune" your query to find what you are after.

note: though you can use AQL with the CLI, sorting is currently not supported in CLI's AQL queries so use the REST API instead.

HTH, Or