Getting the Latest Release of an Artifact in Nexus

Question

I'm currently trying to build some Docker Images through Dockerfiles. To do that, I need to get the newest build of an Maven Artifact from Nexus 3. But i can't seem to get the API call to work.

To get the following Artifact:

Repository: maven-releases
Group ID: eu.tuxcraft
Artifact ID: DatabaseProvider
Version: LATEST
Package Type: JAR

I use this URL

https://maven.tuxcraft.eu/nexus/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=releases&g=eu.tuxcraft&a=DatabaseProvider&v=LATEST&p=jar

Is this the correct call, and if not, what URL do i need to use to get the Artifact?

Nexus Version: OSS 3.33.0.01

Maven deprecated LATEST long ago, maybe Nexus also does not evaluate this anymore. — J Fabian Meier, Aug 09 '21 at 09:09
What would be the best way to get the newest added Release then? — thelooter, Aug 09 '21 at 09:21
I don't know, you can probably use the REST api to determine that. — J Fabian Meier, Aug 09 '21 at 14:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '21 at 13:29

You’re trying to use the old Nexus Repo 2 API with Nexus Repo 3.x. See here for the new API:

https://help.sonatype.com/display/NXRM3/Search+API#SearchAPI-DownloadingtheLatestVersionofanAsset

Example:

curl -L -X GET "http://localhost:8081/service/rest/v1/search/assets/download?sort=version&repository=maven-snapshots&maven.groupId=org.foo.bar&maven.artifactId=project&maven.extension=jar" -H "accept: application/json"

Getting the Latest Release of an Artifact in Nexus

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