Is there an API to get binary downloads for Eclipse packages?

Question

I'm trying to automate Eclipse installation.

For JDKs for example, I can get the download links via https://api.adoptopenjdk.net/q/swagger-ui/

The Eclipse download button contains a link with a mirror id, and then that page triggers a download. Unfortunately it's not a clean redirect that could be followed with curl/wget. I can observe the final download URL with a proxy like Fiddler, but that is not a stable solution.

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2021-03/R/eclipse-java-2021-03-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.dmg&mirror_id=1190

Or, if no API exists, is there another somewhat stable URL to download Eclipse binaries from programmatically?

Answer 1

Add &r=1 to the URL for the direct file/binary download link, for example:

• Use mirror #1190: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2021-03/R/eclipse-java-2021-03-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.dmg&mirror_id=1190&r=1
• Best mirror (without mirror_id=...): https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2021-03/R/eclipse-java-2021-03-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.dmg&r=1
• Download from eclipse.org (mirror_id=1): https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2021-03/R/eclipse-java-2021-03-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.dmg&mirror_id=1&r=1

These are stable links as long as the files have not been archived.

See also:

• Eclipse Wiki - IT Infrastructure Doc - Use mirror sites/see which mirrors are mirroring my files?
• PHP code of download.php