How to download the latest artifact from Artifactory repository?

Question

I need the latest artifact (for example, a snapshot) from a repository in Artifactory. This artifact needs to be copied to a server (Linux) via a script.

What are my options? Something like Wget / SCP? And how do I get the path of the artifact?

I found some solutions which require Artifactory Pro. But I just have Artifactory, not Artifactory Pro.

Is it possible at all to download from Artifactory without the UI and not having the Pro-Version? What is the experience?

I'm on OpenSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) if that matters.

Answer 1

Something like the following bash script will retrieve the lastest com.company:artifact snapshot from the snapshot repo:

# Artifactory location server=http://artifactory.company.com/artifactory repo=snapshot  # Maven artifact location name=artifact artifact=com/company/$name path=$server/$repo/$artifact version=$(curl -s $path/maven-metadata.xml | grep latest | sed "s/.*<latest>\([^<]*\)<\/latest>.*/\1/") build=$(curl -s $path/$version/maven-metadata.xml | grep '<value>' | head -1 | sed "s/.*<value>\([^<]*\)<\/value>.*/\1/") jar=$name-$build.jar url=$path/$version/$jar  # Download echo $url wget -q -N $url 

It feels a bit dirty, yes, but it gets the job done.