Maven Central

Maven Central Download API

The Download API from Maven Central — 1 operation(s) for download.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /remotecontent Download artifact content #

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https://central.sonatype.org/search/rest-api-guide/
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https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/maven-central/refs/heads/main/openapi/maven-central-download-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

maven-central-download-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Maven Central Search Download API
  summary: Search artifact metadata in Maven Central Repository.
  description: REST API for searching and retrieving metadata about artifacts in Maven Central. Backed by Solr, the API supports queries for groupId, artifactId, classnames, SHA-1 checksums, tags, and other attributes used to discover Java and other JVM-based libraries.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Sonatype Central
    url: https://central.sonatype.org/search/rest-api-guide/
  license:
    name: Documentation Terms
    url: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/terms/
servers:
- url: https://search.maven.org/solrsearch
  description: Maven Central Solr search service
tags:
- name: Download
paths:
  /remotecontent:
    get:
      summary: Download artifact content
      description: Download a file from the Central Repository by relative path.
      operationId: downloadArtifact
      tags:
      - Download
      parameters:
      - name: filepath
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Path to the artifact in Maven Central.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: com/google/inject/guice/5.1.0/guice-5.1.0.jar
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Artifact bytes.
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '404':
          description: Artifact not found.