Maven

Maven Download API

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

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://central.sonatype.org/search/rest-api-guide/
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Documentation
https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-api/
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Authentication
https://central.sonatype.org/publish/generate-token/

Specifications

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

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OpenAPI Specification

maven-download-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Sonatype Central Portal Publishing Deployment Download API
  summary: Publish artifacts to Maven Central via the Sonatype Central Portal.
  description: REST API for uploading, validating, publishing, and dropping deployment bundles on the Sonatype Central Portal. Replaces the legacy OSSRH staging workflow for releasing open source libraries to Maven Central.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Sonatype Central
    url: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-api/
  license:
    name: Documentation Terms
    url: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/terms/
servers:
- url: https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher
  description: Sonatype Central Portal publisher API
security:
- BearerAuth: []
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.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Authorization header `Bearer <base64(username:password)>` using a user token generated from the Central Portal account settings.