Get nRF command line tools from terminal (without clicking any buttons)

[radrogow]

Hello.

I used to download (& install) nRF Command Line tools from terminal with this command (in Dockerfile, but it doesn't matter)

RUN wget https://www.nordicsemi.com/-/media/Software-and-other-downloads/Desktop-software/nRF5-command-line-tools/sw/nRF-Command-Line-Tools_9_8_1_Linux-x86_64.tar -O /tmp/nRF-Command-Line-Tools_9_8_1_Linux-x86_64.tar && \
tar xvf /tmp/nRF-Command-Line-Tools_9_8_1_Linux-x86_64.tar -C /home/build

Since you've changed the download structure on the webpage: is there any way to directly get that file (or newer version) without human interaction?

[awneil]

Wouldn't it just be easier to download manually, and then keep a copy of the download - and work with that?

[radrogow]

Whole 'toolchain installation' must be automatic.

It needs to be accessed from the web. Private hosting is an option but I wanted to know if there is any way of downloading it from the source (Nordic website) - as it has been done before they changed how download works on their site.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

Please see this post which might help.

-Amanda

[radrogow]

Ok. I've got it. You have create POST request with proper fileid (you can find it by manually downloading the file and looking for request to DownloadPlatform). This is working solution (for now) for nRF CL Tools 9.8.1:

curl --form "fileid=8F19D314130548209E75EFFADD9348DB" https://www.nordicsemi.com/api/sitecore/Products/DownloadPlatform -o nRF-Command-Line-Tools_9_8_1_Linux-x86_64.tar

Thank you Amanda Hsieh for nudging me in the right direction. Tried looking for direct link earlier, but stopped when I've got to /DownloadPlatform and didn't check requests.