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Download latest snapshot artifact from Nexus Repository Manager OSS 3.30.0-01using wget/curl command

I am facing difficulty downloading the latest snapshot version from Nexus Repository Manager OSS 3.30.0-01 using wget /curl

the problem I am facing is that in nexus there are multiple version of artefacts within the same snapshot version appended with timestamp plus - an incremental number like the below image

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so how to download the latest snapshot version from multiple version under one snapshot?

currently, I have to specify explicitly specify the version like the below one

wget http://$NEXUS_URL/repository/mfi-snapshots/com/mf/productService/1.0.9-SNAPSHOT/productService-1.0.9-20210329.141405-11.war

So is there any way to download the latest version with just mentioning the snapshot version and download the latest ver

 $NEXUS_URL: is the nexus URL 
mfi-snapshots: is the snapshot repo
com.mf: is the group 
productService is the artefact
1.0.9 SNAPSHOT the version of the artefact

I tried to use "/v1/search/assets/download" API defined in nexus ( not sure how to use it

http://$NEXUS_URL/service/rest/v1/search/assets/download?sort=version&direction=desc&q=war&repository=mfi-snapshots&group=com.mf&name=productService

which given a json output like enter image description here

Solution

  • I followed the steps mentioned in help article on sonatype and I got the solution

    https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3/rest-and-integration-api/search-api#SearchAPI-DownloadingtheLatestVersionofanAsset

    curl -L -o productService.war  -s -X GET "$NEXUS_HOST/service/rest/v1/search/assets/download?sort=version&repository=$NEXUS_SNAPSHOTS_REPO&maven.groupId=com.mf&maven.artifactId=productService&maven.baseVersion=$SNAPSHOT_VERSION&maven.extension=war" -H "accept: application/json"