Maven 2 Artifact Grabber

What is it?

A standalone executable jar which uses Eclipse Aether libraries to download via HTTP(S) an artifact from a remote Maven 2 format repository.

This is a modified version of a sonatype's artifact-resolver tool app

Build executable jar

./gradlew build

How to use

java -jar artifact-grabber.jar 
    --repository-url "http://remote-repository.com/public/" 
    --user user:pass // optional if authentication not required
    --output // directory download to, optional (default is current)
    --name // artifact new name, optional
    com.mypackage:artifact

If version of the artifact is not specified then you will get latest version (including SNAPSHOT versions). To get latest non-SNAPSHOT version use pseudo version value 'RELEASE'. Example: com.mypackage:artifact:RELEASE

Using args file

The script uses Groovy CliBuilder to process arguments. You can create a file and put arguments, like auth, in that file instead.

Example:

1. Create a file named script.args in the same directory as the jar
2. The contents of the file can contain an argument on each line, like this:

     --repository-url "http://remote-repository.com/public/"
     --user user:pass   
     --name artifact.jar
     

3. Use the special @ prefix and pass the file name as an argument to the script. Each line of the file will be read as if it was passed on the command line. Example:

    java -jar artifact-grabber.jar @script.args com.mypackage:artifact