Automic Downloads REST API provides invalid download_file_id

[Michael A. Lowry]

Today I used the Automic Downloads REST API to fetch the most recent version of the AWI, v24.2. (Note that I have omitted the required authorization header from the curl commands below.)

curl --location 'https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?component_id=1409143059253&download_category_id=1570005424185&version_match=24.2.0&delivery_filter=Automic.Web.Interface'

This returned the following JSON body (omitting the web-user-group and help sections):

{
	"download_category_id": "1570005424185",
	"download_category_name": "Components",
	"link": "https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?download_category_id=1570005424185",
	"component": [
		{
			"component_id": "1409143059253",
			"component_name": "Automation.Engine",
			"component_technical_name": "AE",
			"link": "https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?download_category_id=1570005424185&component_id=1409143059253",
			"download_file": [
				{
					"filename": "Automation.Engine_Automic.Web.Interface_24_2_0+build.1724413462522.zip",
					"delivery_id": "1600635055942",
					"delivery_name": "Automic.Web.Interface",
					"release_date": "2024-09-16",
					"component_version_id": "1709818041789",
					"filehash": "0xD48BE5C90DCBACE6B1405216DBC9F815",
					"download_file_id": "1724354927919",
					"product_version_id": "",
					"component_name": "Automation.Engine",
					"component_technical_name": "AE",
					"component_version_name": "Automation.Engine 24.2.0",
					"link": "https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?download_file_id=1724354927919",
					"download_link": "https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?action=get&download_file_id=1724354927919"
				}
			]
		}
	]
}

I then tried to use the provided download_link to fetch the file with download_file_id 1724354927919.

curl -X GET https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?action=get&download_file_id=1724354927919 -O -J

This resulted in an error message:

to download the file add the URL parameter action=get

I went to the Automic Downloads web site to see if it was impacted by the same problem.

The list of downloads for AWI v24.2 looks like this:

Date	Title	Filename	MD5 Checksum
2024-09-16	Automation.Engine 24.2.0  Automic Web Interface	Automation.Engine_Automic.Web.Interface_24_2_0+build.1726067422287.zip (148.26 MiB)	D4ECD14B8DB5DD59920A4300A9E3CF12

Note that the file name, file ID (1725356811811), and MD5 hash are different from the ones provided by the REST API.

I went back and tried to use the REST API to download the file with ID provided by the web page (1725356811811).

curl -X GET https://downloads.automic.com/api/downloads/v1?action=get&download_file_id=1725356811811 -O -J

This worked fine.

So there appear to be at least two problems:

1. When asked for downloads for AWI v24.2, the REST API returns an invalid download_file_id, file_name, and download_link.
2. When provided with an invalid download_file_id, the REST API returns a misleading error message.

[Michael A. Lowry]

The first problem has been fixed. Thanks to Lukas @ Broadcom for the quick fix.