Functionallity to download resource's latest version

[MrIvanPlays]

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[jacobsandersen]

I believe this is out of scope, but I'm not opposed to making it. @md-5 ?

[MrIvanPlays]

I forgot to note, should apply only to free resources.

[jacobsandersen]

3 others have expressed interest in this...I guess it's a popular idea. But still waiting for md's comments.

[mikroskeem]

That'd be a great feature, allows for better automation. Currently one cannot download plugins from SpigotMC site directly with e.g curl because of Cloudflare.

[MrIvanPlays]

That'd be a great feature, allows for better automation. Currently one cannot download plugins from SpigotMC site directly with e.g curl because of Cloudflare.

plus the fact the url is different for different versions, either if you somehow bypass cloudflare, you have to do html scraping.

[OpticFusion1]

Why not expand this to every version of the resource?
My projects would be able to be improved greatly if i could automatically download every version of a resource easily (I'm sure others would also find use for being able to download a very specific version of a specific resource as well with this)

[Phoenix616]

Ideally a download via such an API would not count towards the download count to protect against abuse.

[jacobsandersen]

@md-5 yay/nay?

[jacobsandersen]

Personally I don't think it would be hard. Free resources only...Might need CF whitelist for the api?

Would not tick any stats, only provide file and intended for programmatic access only. Could ratelimit?

[Cherry]

We (Nodecraft) would also be really interested in this. If there is anything we can do to push this along, please let us know.

[jacobsandersen]

Pinging @md-5

[PeachesMLG]

Waiting for md to reply is like waiting for my dad to return after buying cigarettes :c

[jacobsandersen]

Complaining about it won't make him reply any faster. This is a complex thing to consider regarding stats and etc. Give it some time.

[aurorasmiles]

would also love this

[PeachesMLG]

Doesnt look good :C https://imgur.com/pW230EZ.png

[robog-two]

I think this would be a good idea, but the issue is that it creates a good point to ddos. You would have to instead let the API return a download link or the like from something on a cdn or behind cloudflare.