I would like to provide a simple URL that will always return the latest version of a snapshot version of an artifact. By simple I mean that the URL doesn’t change, or require the user to browse the directory and examine timestamps.
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I would like to provide a simple URL that will always return the latest version of a snapshot version of an artifact. By simple I mean that the URL doesn’t change, or require the user to browse the directory and examine timestamps.
The core Nexus “redirect” REST API can be used to retrieve any version of an artifact from a nominated repository:
For example:
https://repository.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=central-proxy&g=log4j&a=log4j&v=LATEST
The v parameter can be a value like 1.0-SNAPSHOT, in which case Maven will return the latest time-stamped snapshot held in the repository. Similiarily the special value “LATEST” should do the same provided a more recent released version is not present.