Permanent download link for latest version of Bloom?

Bloom Bloom Feature Requests
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Hi. I know I can get the latest Bloom Desktop installer here: https://bloomlibrary.org/installers, but the link on this page points to a specific release version (4.8.0 for the current stable version). I support many users in a low-bandwidth environment and I’m wondering if there’s a permanent link I could use that always points to the latest stable version of Bloom regardless of version number so that I can use a script to periodically download the most recent installer without first knowing the version number. Ideally this would be a publicly-accessible link so I wouldn’t have to deal with login credentials in a script.

Thanks,
Nate, SIL CAR

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Sure, try this: https://bloomlibrary.org/channels/DownloadPointers_Release.htm.

3

Hi Nate,
OK, I’ve moved this to Feature Requests.

DownloadPointers_Release.htm is just another page, not the link you’re asking for. And it will be retired soon anyways, as we move to next.bloomlibrary.org.

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Thanks for the response. For now the link suggested by ColinSuggett works, but the current and “next” bloomlibrary.org sites require a java browser to “scrape”, which would add a layer of complexity to my script that I use to keep apps up-to-date on our server. I would love for the feature request to become a reality, otherwise it will be hard to ensure that my users have an up-to-date version of Bloom available.

5

Until this is implemented… this file is the replacement for the one Colin linked to:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/versions.bloomlibrary.org/latest.Release.json

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Perfect. That’ll do it for me. Thanks.