Could something like the below be included as part of the Flex installer code to parse the mirror site ?
*declare the service that'll fetch the url* <fx:Declarations> <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here --> <fx:String id="flex_repo" > http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/flex/4.8.0-incubating/apache-flex-sdk-4.8.0-incubating-bin.zip </fx:String> <s:HTTPService id="getMirrorService" resultFormat="text" result="getMirrorService_resultHandler(event)" fault="getMirrorService_faultHandler(event)" /> </fx:Declarations> *Fetch the html* from http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/flex/4.8.0-incubating/apache-flex-sdk-4.8.0-incubating-bin.zip (or from http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/flex/ ) protected function getMirrorURL():void { // logStr +="Get Mirror Site\n"; getMirrorService.url=flex_repo; getMirrorService.send(); } *Parse the html to sniff out the first mirror site* protected function getMirrorService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void { var resultStr:String=event.result.toString(); //get to the part that says 'we suggest the following mirror site for your download:' var i:int=resultStr.indexOf("site for your download:</p>"); //get the next href link after this text var j:int=resultStr.indexOf("<a href=",i); var k:int=resultStr.indexOf(">",j); var mirror_site:String=resultStr.substring(j+9,k-1); // if you use the zip file as the url for the fetch_mirror service , split the link into path and file var l:int=mirror_site.lastIndexOf("/"); var fileName:String=mirror_site.substring(l+1,mirror_site.length); var filePath:String=mirror_site.substring(0,l+1); //set the file and path of file node with name=ApacheFlexSDK var x:XMLList=configXML.files.file.(attribute("name")=="ApacheFlexSDK"); x.@path=filePath; x.@file=fileName; /*write config file back if necessary - if used as an external wrapper */ //writeConfigFile(); } On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Carol Frampton <cfram...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > On 7/26/12 12 :04PM, "Daniel Shahaf" <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > > >Try this link: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/flex/ > > > >I'm pretty sure there is a query string parameter you can add to make it > >do a redirect, too, rather than just tell you what the preferred mirror > >is. > > > >Thanks for asking, > > > >Daniel > > > >Carol Frampton wrote on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 08:56:37 -0700: > >> {sent on behalf of Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> who is a member > >>of flex-dev} > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm writing on behalf of the Apache Flex (incubating) community. We're > >> working on a tool that helps an end-user to download and install our > >> binaries to the correct location on their system for use in an IDE. > >> > >> We would like to do this the proper way, which in our understanding is > >> by using a dynamically assigned download mirror instead of a > >> hard-coded link. I've read all of the documentation I could find and > >> I've come up with the following solution: > >> > >> 1. create a wrapper around the generic 'mirrors.cgi', as described in > >>[1]; > >> 2. create a HTML file containing only the tag: [preferred]. We need > >> only one mirror URL as this is an automated download process; > >> 3. place these two in the root of our project site; > >> 4. call the wrapper CGI as a web service from our application, and use > >> the result for the domain section of the URL. > >> > >> My questions: > >> - is this a valid solution? > >> - is there an 'easier' way to get a single dynamic mirror URL? > >> - what did I miss, what did I forget to ask? > >> > >> Thank you very much for your assistance and patience, > >> > >> EdB > >> > >> [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html > >> </message> > >> > >> EdB > >> > >
