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.